Edmonton-based soldier killed in Afghanistan
Posted Dec 24, 2009 12:15 am.
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A Canadian soldier, Lt. Andrew Richard Nuttall, has been killed by an improved explosive device in southern Afghanistan.
An Afghan soldier was also killed and an interpreter injured in the blast, which occurred Wednesday in the restive Panjwaii district.
The explosion erupted in the town of Nakhoney, west of Kandahar city.
It’s an area in which Canadian forces have frequently encountered problems, but one which had appeared to have calmed down in recent months.
Nuttall was with the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton. His age was not immediately available.
It’s the first death of a Canadian soldier in almost two months; Sapper Steven Marshall was killed Oct. 30 in a similar incident.
134 Canadian soldiers have been killed as part of the Afghan mission since it began in 2002.
