On 30 October, Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter, aged 29, and Lance Corporal Siddhanta Kunwar, aged 28, both from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, were based in Checkpoint Prrang in the southern area of the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province. Both men were attached to 40 Commando Royal Marines. They were participating in a shura (meeting) with members of the Afghan Uniform Police inside the checkpoint. On completion of the shura, they were shot and killed by a man wearing an Afghan police uniform who had been attending the meeting.