A member of an elite French commando unit was killed on Monday in Iraq while “supporting an Iraqi unit in an anti-terrorist operation”, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said Tuesday.
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Sergeant Nicolas Mazier, an air force paratrooper, “fell in combat while carrying out his mission”, the Élysée Palace said in a statement, expressing Macron’s “profound respect” for his “sacrifice”.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)