KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An insurgent attack killed three Canadian soldiers and injured five others this morning, shortly before they were scheduled to finish their tour in Afghanistan.
Corporal Andrew Grenon, 23, Corporal Mike Seggie, 21, and Private Chad Horn, 21, served with the Second Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Shilo, Manitoba, and their battle group is due to rotate back home in the coming days and weeks.
"It saddens me to think of their loved ones who were expecting them to return home at the end of the month," said Brigadier-General Denis Thompson.
Their deaths brings to 96 the number of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan, in addition to Canadian diplomat Glyn Berry who died in a 2006 bombing.
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