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Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan
Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2009 | 6:04 AM ET Comments10Recommend7
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Pte. Patrick Lormand, 21, of the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment based in Quebec City, was killed Sunday.Pte. Patrick Lormand, 21, of the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment based in Quebec City, was killed Sunday. (DND)
A Canadian solider has died in Afghanistan while patrolling in the volatile Panjwaii district, where two other soldiers were killed just a week ago.
Pte. Patrick Lormand, 21, of the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment based in Quebec City, was killed and four others were injured in a roadside blast from an improvised explosive device on Sunday afternoon, the military said.
The armoured vehicle that Lormand was riding in struck the device about 13 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City, Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance said Monday.
Lormand, known as Lorm to his friends, is the 130th Canadian soldier to die since the Afghan mission began in 2002. One diplomat and two Canadian aid workers have also been killed.
The injured soldiers were treated at the medical facility at Kandahar Airfield and have been released, Vance said. Their names are not being released.
The death comes only one week after two other soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol in the same area.
Vance described Lormand as a "calm and determined" solider who was well-liked for his good sense of humour and his efforts at raising the morale of his section and platoon.
Lormand was "a good soul, who tried every day to do the right thing and saw the results of his efforts, a chance to succeed on a wider scale on behalf of Canadians and Afghans alike," Vance said.
"Like those you have seen before, [he] came here to do right by Afghanistan, to serve Canada's objective, to help bring peace, a chance for a lasting security and a better environment to live and raise a family," Vance said.
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