Diplomat Glyn Berry (UN Photo/Ky Chung)

Master Cpl. Paul Franklin

Cpl. Jeffrey Bailey

Pte. William Salikin

The Department of National Defence said the incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. local time about one kilometre southeast of Camp Nathan Smith, the site of the Canadian provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in Kandahar.

The men were patrolling in armoured Gelaendenwagen (G Wagon) vehicles. Witnesses reported seeing a taxi swerve into the convoy and blow up. A second Canadian G Wagon was damaged but no other Canadians were hurt. Two Afghan civilians were killed and 10 wounded.

Immediately after the explosion, the soldiers established a security cordon around their vehicles and the PRT quick reaction force was dispatched to the scene of the blast.

Franklin detailed the attack last month, and dismissed earlier reports that he saved his own leg and helped others. He says he was in excruciating pain and wasn't in any shape to do so. He was actually saved by a tourniquet administered by Cpl. Jake Petton, who coincidentally had been trained three days earlier in the use of a new tourniquet by MCpl. Franklin himself, a medic.

The taxi loaded with seven rockets went from a dead stop to speeding up and ramming his G-wagon, which was travelling at 60 km/hr on the left side. It sent the G-wagon 20 ft into the air and flipped it across the street.