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Soldier Killed, 5 Injured In Roadside Bomb Blast
Updated Fri. Jul. 3 2009
3:24 PM ET, CTV.ca News Staff
 A
Canadian soldier travelling in a convoy carrying the senior commander in
Kandahar province was killed Friday when his vehicle struck an improvised
explosive device.
Cpl. Nicholas Bulger, 30,
was a member of 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry,
based in Edmonton.
CTV's South Asia Bureau
Chief Janis Mackey Frayer, reporting from Kabul, said security sources told her
the convoy was travelling in the direction of Helmand province when the vehicle
struck the IED.
Five other soldiers were
hurt, but Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, who commands coalition forces in Kandahar,
escaped injury..............Click
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Canada.
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