A Canadian army officer has been charged with shooting dead a wounded Afghan insurgent in October 2008, Reuters quoted the military as saying today. Captain Robert Semrau will face a court-martial on charges of second degree murder, attempting to commit murder, negligence and behaving in a disgraceful manner, the Canadian defense department said in a statement. The department -- which did not give a date for the court martial -- said at an earlier hearing that the insurgent was unarmed. Canada has around 2,700 troops based in the southern city of Kandahar. So far 131 Canadian soldiers have died in Afghanistan.
