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The three soldiers who were killed in a bombing in Afghanistan on the weekend returned home today in an emotional ceremony in Christchurch. Corporal Luke Tamatea, 31, Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker, 26, and Private Richard Harris, 21, died instantly when a 20kg roadside improvised explosive device destroyed their Humvee in Afghanistan's northeast Bamiyan Province on Sunday.
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