Son of Netherlands' top general slain in Afghanistan (AP)


Written on April 18, 2008 – 1:37 pm | by

Outgoing commander of the armed forces Dick Berlijn, right, and new commander of the armed forces Peter van Uhm, left, are seen during the change of command ceremony in The Hague, Netherlands, on Thursday, April 17, 2008. The son of van Uhm was killed early Friday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, the day after his father assumed command of the Dutch armed forces, the Defense Ministry said. Lt. Dennis van Uhm, 23, was among two Dutch soldiers killed and two wounded in the explosion early Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) northwest of the Dutch military base in Uruzgan province known as Camp Holland, said spokesman Lt. Gen. Freek Meulman. The second fatality was not fully identified. (AP Photo/Evert-Jan Daniels)AP - A roadside bomb attack on a patrol of Dutch soldiers killed the son of the Netherlands’ top military officer on Friday, a day after his father took command of the country’s armed forces, officials said.


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