Second Murdered British Soldier Buried

The second of the two British soldiers tragically murdered outside their barracks in the North has been buried in London.

Sapper Patrick Azimkar, who is from the capital, was shot dead as he and fellow soldier Mark Quinsey collected pizzas outside the Massareene Army base in the Co Antrim town, on 7 March.

A multi-faith funeral service was hed for Sapper Azimkar, 21, at the Guards Chapel in Birdcage Walk.

The funeral of Sapper Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham, was held on Wednesday.

The pair - who were with 25 Field Squadron of 38 Engineer Regiment - died from their wounds while the two pizza delivery men were injured as more than 60 bullets were fired in 30 seconds from automatic weapons.

Dissident Republican group the Real IRA has claimed responsibility for the shootings.

Both soldiers were set for deployment to Afghanistan within hours of the killings.

Sapper Azimkar, who was known as Pat, was a talented footballer who had trials with Tottenham Hotspur when he was younger.

See: Second Masserene Soldier Buried

(BMcC)