( CNN ) -- Four British soldiers have been killed in one day in separate attacks in Afghanistan , the British Ministry of Defense announced Friday . A British marine with an opium haul in Helmand province , where the four soldiers were killed . The deaths happened in three incidents in the southern Helmand province , the ministry said . Two soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing that happened Thursday afternoon during a patrol in Gereshk , the ministry said . One was a member of the Royal Gurkha Rifles and the other served with the Royal Military Police . `` With heavy heart we report another extremely sad situation , where lives of our courageous soldiers have been sacrificed for the greater good of the Afghan people , '' said Lieutenant Colonel Nick Richardson , a spokesman for Task Force Helmand . `` Our deepest and heartfelt sympathies go to their families and loved ones and we offer our thoughts and prayers to them all at this most painful and distressing time . '' Thursday evening , another soldier was killed by an explosion as he traveled in a Jackal 4x4 patrol vehicle , the ministry said . He served in the 2nd Battalion The Rifles . Watch Afghanistan 's president talk on U.S. troops withdrawals » . Earlier in the day , a soldier from The Black Watch , 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland was killed by a gunshot wound , the ministry said . He had been on patrol with the Afghan National Army in the vicinity of Woqab , close to Musa Qala .
Two British soldiers die in one day in separate attacks in Afghanistan . Deaths occur in three incidents in the southern Kabul province . Two soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing during a patrol in Gereshk .