Kit saves hero Denis from sniper’s bullets twice in two days

LUCKY soldier Denis Larubi escaped death at the hands of a Taliban assassin TWICE in two days — thanks to his bullet-proof kit.

The Lance Corporal was spared when a sniper's round hit bullet-proof glass inches in front of his face in a sentry tower.

The next day a bullet from the same marksman clipped his rifle and ricocheted into his left shoulder where it was stopped by his £2,000 Osprey Mk4 Kevlar body armour.

Denis, 30 — on his third tour in Afghanistan with 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment — was knocked off his feet by the impact at Checkpoint Langar in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand.      More Read