OTTAWA – A funeral service is being held today in Ottawa for the Canadian soldier killed in Iraq last week.
Sgt. Andrew Doiron died in what the military has termed a friendly fire incident.
Members of the military carried Doiron’s urn into Ottawa’s Notre-Dame Cathedral this morning. A large Canadian flag was suspended from cranes on the backs of two fire trucks, and other flags in the area were at half-mast.
IN PHOTOS: Canadians honour Sgt. Andrew Doiron along the Highway of Heroes
Doiron’s body was returned home on Tuesday.
He was shot and killed by Kurdish troops as his special forces unit was returning to an observation post a week ago. Three other Canadian soldiers were wounded.
Doiron is the first Canadian soldier to die in Canada’s military effort in Iraq, which began last fall.
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