Media reports indicated he died from mortar fire at around 16:30 local time while he was repairing the track on a Canadian Leopard tank near a cluster of villages known as Zangabad. Canadian Battle Group Commander, Brigadier-General Guy Laroche , is quoted in media accounts saying, "The terrain was very rough and (tank treads falling off) is something we see on a regular basis."
Media reports indicated he died from mortar fire at around 16:30 local time while he was repairing the track on a Canadian Leopard tank near a cluster of villages known as Zangabad. Brigadier-General Guy Laroche stated "The terrain was very rough and (tank treads falling off) is something we see on a regular basis."
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