<p><br /> A rogue Afghan soldier is on the run after murdering three British troops and wounding another four.<br /> </p><p><br /> The killer launched his attack on soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles at a base in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan early on Tuesday morning.<br /> </p><p><br /> He shot one dead in his sleeping quarters and killed the other two in the base's command centre using a shoulder-mounted rocket-propelled grenade launcher, sources said.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Ministry of Defence described it as a "suspected premeditated attack". The soldiers' families have been informed.<br /> </p><p><br /> A manhunt is under way after the murderer fled following the carnage at the joint patrol base near Helmand's provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, at about 2am local time.<br /> </p><p><br /> Afghan president Hamid Karzai sent a letter of condolence to Britain offering his apologies for the incident, which came as a blow to the Nato mission to build up Afghanistan's police and army.<br /> </p>
