Suicide claims life of Canadian Major in Kabul

Canadian soldier's death in Kabul a suicide: probe
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OTTAWA (AFP) — A Canadian soldier's recent death from a gunshot wound in the Kabul headquarters of the NATO-lead forces in Afghanistan has been deemed a suicide, the Canadian defense ministry said Monday.

After conducting a thorough investigation, the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service "has concluded that his tragic death was a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound," the defense ministry said in a statement.

"His death has been ruled a suicide."

Major Raymond Ruckpaul succumbed to a gunshot wound in his living quarters within the secure compound of the ISAF headquarters in Kabul on August 29.

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