Four Canadian soldiers serving with the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group have been killed in a live-fire training exercise.
Eight Canadian soldiers were also wounded, two with life-threatening injuries, one with very serious injuries, and five with serious injuries.
The fatal accident happened at approximately 5:25 p.m. EDT Wednesday when a U.S. Air National Guard F-16 dropped one or two 500-pound bombs on Canadian troops who were at the time conducting training exercises in an area about 14 kilometres south of the Kandahar airfield.
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