CEFCOM NR – 10.010 - May 24, 2010
OTTAWA — One Canadian soldier was killed after an improvised explosive device
detonated during a routine security operation, about 20 kilometres southwest of
Kandahar City, in the Panjwa’i District, at approximately 12:30 p.m. Kandahar
time on 24 May 2010
Killed in action was Trooper Larry John Zuidema Rudd from the Royal Canadian
Dragoons, serving with 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, based in
Petawawa, Ontario.
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