SAS soldiers searching for a Taunton man missing after a terror attack in Africa have been handed a body for identification, according to The Times. A team of three of the elite troops had been sent to Mozambique to search for Phil Mawer after the convoy he was travelling in was ambushed by Islamist militants. The remains, which have not yet been confirmed to be those of Mr Mawer, were given to the SAS members by mercenaries, who had recovered them from a car destroyed in the attack, Overseas caterer Mr Mawer, in his 50s, was believed to be the only Briton unaccounted for following the attack on Palma by militants linked to ISIS.
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Body found in search for missing Brit caught up in ISIS Mozambique massacre as family fear he was killed in ambush
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Updated: Apr 1 2021, 10:39 ET
A BODY has been recovered in the search for a missing Brit caught up in the ISIS massacre in Mozambique.
Philip Mawer s family fear the contractor was killed by terrorist militants in an ambush while trying to flee Palma.
Mercenaries recovered a body in the search for Philip Mawer
ISIS militants stormed the town of Palma last week
In a statement, his family said: We have now been made aware that the body of a man matching Philip’s description has been found.
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ISIS siege in Mozambique so dangerous even the SAS are forced to pull out over fears of ‘Black Hawk Down’ disaster
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Updated: Apr 1 2021, 9:15 ET
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THE ISIS siege in Mozambique is so dangerous the SAS was forced to pull out of a recovery mission due to fears of their own Black Hawk Down disaster.
A crack team of elite troops were deployed to Mozambique to hunt for missing Brit Phil Mawer.
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Phil Mawer is feared dead after he tried to flee a hotel complex in Mozambique last week
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Dead American soldiers were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu in 1993 after Black Hawk helicopters were brought downCredit: Toronto Star
Remains matching the description of a British man who went missing in Mozambique have been found, according to his employer.Phil Mawer was thought to have been travelling with a convoy that had tried
THE family of a Taunton man killed by Islamist terrorists in Mozambique have issued a statement following the loss of a man with something of the lovable rogue about him . The body of a man believed to be Philip James Mawer, who was 59, was handed over to three SAS troops who had gone to search for him after he went missing. Mr Mawer, who was educated at Queen s College between 1972 and 1981, was killed after trying to escape from te siege by ISIS-linked insurgents at the Amarula Hotel, near Palma. His family have issued the following statement: The disappearance of Philip Mawer, our much-loved son, brother, uncle and friend, during the fighting in Northern Mozambique has been widely reported in the press.