St. Paul police officer from Wisconsin killed in Iraq

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A St. Paul, Minn., police officer working for a private security company was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq on Thursday, his department and the company announced.

Officer Kyle M. Kaszynski, 39, of Elmwood, Wis., was working for Kroll Inc. and was in a convoy that was escorting correctional advisers from Baghdad to Baquba for prison inspections when it was attacked Thursday morning. One other person in his vehicle was killed, and three other passengers were seriously injured.

St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington authorized his officers to wear black mourning bands on their badges. Kaszynski went on leave in October to work for Kroll as part of an international effort to restore police functions in Iraq.

He was a seven-year veteran of the department and is survived by his wife, Kristin, and 2-year-old daughter.

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