Warrant Officer Nicolas Latourte died on Sunday August 20 in Iraq, “during an operational exercise” while he was on an Iraqi Armed Forces training mission, announced Monday the Elysée. It was “deployed in external operations since May 21, 2023 within Operation Chammal”communicated the ministry of armies.
“In the evening, Warrant Officer Latourte was mortally wounded on the sidelines of a combat training exercise in an urban areainforms the Ministry of the Armed Forces. He was taken care of immediately and transferred by helicopter to a military hospital in Erbil, where the medical team pronounced him dead. »
The soldier belonged to the 6e engineer regiment. He “lost his life in the accomplishment of his mission”, said on X (formerly Twitter) President Emmanuel Macron. The soldier was deployed in operation within the framework of a partnership mission of instruction of the Iraqi armed forces, specifies the presidency.
The death of Nicolas Latourte had been preceded by that of Sergeant Baptiste Gauchotkilled in a traffic accident, also in Iraq. “The Nation joins in the immense pain of their families and brothers in arms of the 19e and 6e engineer regiments »added the head of state.
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