US and Canada probe possible friendly-fire deaths

AMERICAN and Canadian armed forces are investigating reports that friendly fire may have caused the deaths of a US and Canadian soldier during a gun battle at a base in southern Afghanistan.

Another US soldier and three Canadian troops as well as an Afghan soldier were wounded in the Taliban attack on the base in Helmand province last Saturday.

A coalition statement said: “The investigation will determine all the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident, including whether any of the casualties may have resulted from friendly fire.”