Canadian soldier killed, 11 injured in Afghanistan

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A Canadian soldier was killed Thursday in Afghanistan by an improvised explosive device.
The blast injured 11 other soldiers. The slain soldier was identified as Pte. Jonathan Couturier of the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment, based in Valcartier, Que.

Couturier, 23, is the 131st Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan since 2002. He is also the fourth soldier killed in September.

Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance said a Canadian armoured vehicle struck an IED at 10:15 a.m. local time roughly 25 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city in Panjwaii district.

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R.I.P. soldier!