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Canadian soldier killed in Afghan bomb blast, 3 wounded
A Canadian soldier was killed and three others were injured in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday when their armoured vehicle detonated a roadside bomb, military officials said.
- Agencies
- Published: 00:13 January 8, 2009
Ottawa: A Canadian soldier was killed and three others were injured in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday when their armoured vehicle detonated a roadside bomb, military officials said.
Canada has now lost 107 soldiers since it first sent forces to Afghanistan in 2002. The dead man, identified as Trooper Brian Richard Good, was the 10th member of the Canadian Armed Forces to die in bomb blasts in just over a month.
Good was married and had two daughters.
Colonel Jamie Cade, acting commander of Canadian forces in Kandahar, said the bomb exploded during a military operation around 35 km (22 miles) north of the city, but gave few other details.
"We are finding more than we strike but sometimes the insurgents get lucky, and sadly that was the case today," he told a televised news briefing.
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