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Irving, TX – November 19, 2005 –
Miguel Tablai, a DynCorp International security team member from South
Africa, died yesterday from injuries he received September 14 in
Baghdad when the convoy he was protecting was struck by an improvised
explosive device. Two other DI security employees died in the blast,
and another was seriously injured.
The team was traveling in a
convoy from the International Zone to the Iraq Ministry of Justice when
an explosion hit their vehicle on the driver’s side. The vehicle
immediately caught fire, and team members from another vehicle rescued
the injured members, including Tablai, 50, of Wetton, . He sustained
burns to 90 percent of his body.
In the same incident,
protective security detail member Ignatius Du Preez, 36, of
Randfontein, , was pronounced dead on arrival at the 86th Combat
Support Hospital . Johannes Potgieter, 53, of Kwa Zulu Natal, South
Africa, died instantly from his injuries. An American and an Iraqi
sustained serious injuries.
The three deceased men were
attached to DynCorp International’s civilian police training program,
which provides training to Iraqi police under contract to the United
States Department of State.
DynCorp International is a
professional services and project-management company serving
governments, corporations, and international organizations worldwide.
Headquartered in Irving, Texas , it has more than 14,000 employees in
some 35 countries. It had revenues of nearly $2 billion in the fiscal
year ending March 31, 2005.