
"Bullet skims soldier’s cheek: A soldier has had a narrow escape after a bullet struck his ballistic glasses, skimming his cheek, in Afghanistan. Twenty-six-year-old Private Ciaran Phelan, of 6 Platoon, B Company, The Royal Anglians (The Vikings), was on patrol in the Nad ‘Ali region of Helmand Province as part of a joint operation with the Afghan National Army when he and his section came under fire. The Vikings have been deployed in the Nad ‘Ali region with the Afghan National Army to clear a former insurgent stronghold; Crown copyright."




