Canadian killed by fellow soldier in Afghanistan shooting accident

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Wed Aug-09-06 05:19 PM
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Canadian killed by fellow soldier in Afghanistan shooting accident

A Canadian was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow soldier in Afghanistan, military officials said Wednesday.

Master Cpl. Jeffrey Scott Walsh, who was with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from CFB Shilo in Manitoba, was shot and killed in what appears to have been an accidental discharge of a rifle.

Military sources confirm the gunshot that killed Walsh came from a fellow Canadian soldier.

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Walsh is the sixth Canadian soldier to die in the past week and the 25th soldier killed in the mission in Afghanistan. His death is under investigation by the military's National Investigation Service.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/08/09/soldier-canadian.html

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