London, June 24: Six British soldiers were killed and eight injured today in two separate incidents in southern Iraq, Downing Street said. British Prime Minister Tony Blair's office said the six were killed near al-Amarah, north of the southern city of Basra, without giving additional information. In a second incident troops from the 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment, patrolling south of al-Amarah, came under fire and took one casualty, Downing Street said. Bureau Report