London, England (CNN) — A British aid worker who died during an operation to rescue her from kidnappers in Afghanistan may have been killed by a grenade thrown by American forces trying to free her, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday.
Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, will launch an investigation into the failed attempt to rescue Linda Norgrove, 36, Cameron said.
NATO and British officials had said earlier she was killed by her captors, who detonated an explosive.
But Cameron said on Monday that statements made about Norgrove’s death over the weekend were “highly likely to have been incorrect,” although they were made “in good faith.”
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