Four soldiers named in Kandahar carnage

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OTTAWA – Four Canadian soldiers killed along with Calgary Herald reporter Michelle Lang in a Taliban bomb blast have been named by the department of defence.

Four more soldiers seriously wounded along with another civilian will not be named. They were evacuated from the scene of carnage four kilometres south of Kandahar city and taken to the multi-national medical facility at Kandahar airfield and were reported to be stable.

Lang, the Calgary reporter, who was embedded with the Canadian forces was killed along with the troops when a Taliban roadside bomb ripped apart their armoured car.

* Killed in action was Sergeant George Miok a member of 41 Combat Engineer Regiment, based in Edmonton, Alberta and serving with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team.

* Killed in action was Sergeant Kirk Taylor a member of 84 Independent Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and serving with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team.

* Killed in action was Corporal Zachery McCormack a member of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, 4th Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton, Alberta and serving with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team.

* Killed in action was Private Garrett William Chidley a member of the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Shilo, Manitoba and serving with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team.

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