Suicide bomber hits Canadian troops, 1 civilian killed, 1 soldier injured

Описание: (12 Mar 2008)
1. Wide of scene: police and military with armoured vehicles
2. Blast site with damaged vehicle and Canadian troops
3. Damaged Canadian armoured vehicle
4. Wide of blast site
5. Ambulance crew loading someone into ambulance
6. Ambulances driving by
7. Wide of scene with Canadian soldiers and fire truck in background
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Captain Frazer Clark, Canadian military spokesman:
"A suicide bomber unfortunately blew himself up in the market area here and there was one civilian fatality that went with it. To my knowledge right now there are no ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) casualties."
9. Police and Canadian soldiers with armoured vehicle behind
STORYLINE:
A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of Canadian troops on Wednesday in the southern city of Kandahar, killing a passing civilian and wounding one soldier.
An Associated Press reporter at the scene said a Humvee military vehicle had been destroyed.
NATO troops cordoned off the area, preventing journalists and police from getting near the vehicles.
AP Television footage showed the mangled wreck of the suicide bomber's car by the roadside and a damaged Canadian armoured vehicle.
Canadian military spokesman, Captain Frazer Clark, told AP Television that a "suicide bomber unfortunately blew himself up in the market area here and there was one civilian fatality that went with it".
Clark added that to his knowledge there had been no ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) casualties.
Military reports had said earlier that two Canadian troops were wounded, but the discrepancy in the numbers could not immediately be reconciled.
Most NATO troops based in Kandahar are Canadian.
Afghanistan is in the midst of a bloody insurgency by its former Taliban rulers.
Last year, more than 8-thousand people were killed, including 1,500 civilians, according to a recent UN report.

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