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30 June 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 11:49 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Two Canadian soldiers have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a colleague during a training exercise in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Cpl Joshua Caleb Baker, 24, died in an explosion on a firing range at Kandahar Airfield in February 2010.<\/p>\n

Maj Darryl Watts, the officer in charge of the range, and Paul Ravensdale, a safety officer, are charged with manslaughter and other offences.<\/p>\n

Investigators say safety procedures were not followed during the exercise.<\/p>\n

Military officials said in 2010 that Cpl Baker, a native of Edmonton who was serving with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, died during the course of “a routine military exercise”.<\/p>\n

Four others were injured in the incident, which took place on a range about four kilometres from Kandahar.<\/p>\n

Captain Karina Holder, a spokesperson for the Department of National Defence, said the soldiers had been training with a C-19, a command detonated defensive weapons system, at the time of the explosion.<\/p>\n

The charges against Maj Watts and Mr Ravensdale include manslaughter, negligent performance of a military duty and four counts of unlawfully causing bodily harm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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