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Cdn Medic killed in fiery suicide attack
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - The Canadian soldier killed Friday in a fiery suicide attack has been identified as a medic, Cpl. Andrew James Eykelenboom, who served with 1st Field Ambulance based in Edmonton.He was killed when a suicide bomber plowed an explosives-laden pickup truck into a NATO convoy near Spin Boldak, about 100 kilometres south of Kandahar. Two soldiers with him in the Canadian Forces G-Wagon were not injured. Eykelenboom was the seventh Canadian to be killed in southern Afghanistan within a nine-day period, and the 26th since Canada deployed soldiers to Afghanistan in early 2002. Witnesses said there was a giant blast from the bomb, followed by a huge fire. It took several hours to extract Eykelenboom's body from the burned vehicle. Posted by: john 2006-08-12 |
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