Saying goodbye to Michelle Lang
Posted Jan 11, 2010 7:02 am.
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Calgary Herald journalist Michelle Lang will be laid to rest today.
The 34-year-old was killed in a roadside bomb blast while covering the Canadian military mission in Afghanistan on December 30th, 2009.
Four Canadian soldiers also lost their lives in that attack.
Meanwhile, a British journalist has also been killed by an improvised explosive device while working in Afghanistan. A U.S. soldier was also killed in the blast, five others were injured.
39-year-old Rupert Hamer was on his fifth tour, working as a defence correspondent for Britain’s Daily Mirror.
Hamer leaves behind a wife and three children.
A military analyst tells CTV News Channel with the U.S. stepping up it’s campaign against the Taliban, he expects the death toll will rise in the weeks to come.
