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The Swedish news agency TT said the Swedish captain and lieutenant were killed along with an interpreter when gunmen ambushed them. A third Swedish soldier was injured in the attack, which occurred west of a Swedish army base.

Specific details regarding the ambush, including the names of the deceased, were not released.

The area in which the deadly attack took place was the site of a major drug seizure days ago. TT said 154 pounds of narcotics and an unspecified amount of explosives were seized by Swedish and Finnish peacekeepers in the area.

The same area also hosted a roadside bombing in November 2009 in which five Swedish soldiers were injured, TT reported.

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