Blast kills 5 Canadians in southern Afghanistan

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Four Canadian soldiers and a  Canadian journalist were killed when their armored vehicle was  hit by a bomb in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, the  Canadian Defense Ministry said.

Four other Canadian soldiers and a Canadian civilian  official were wounded in the blast, which occurred about four  km (2.5 miles) outside the city of Kandahar, the ministry said  in a statement