Veteran who killed family and himself wasn t prepared for realities of war, fellow soldier tells N.S. inquiry
The Afghanistan veteran who killed his family and himself a decade after he served overseas was not prepared for the realities of war and is among eight soldiers in his battalion to have died by suicide since their 2007 tour, Lionel Desmond s friend and fellow retired soldier testified Thursday at a Nova Scotia fatality inquiry.
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8 soldiers in Lionel Desmond s battalion have died by suicide since 2007 Afghanistan tour, inquiry hears
Posted: Feb 18, 2021 9:27 AM AT | Last Updated: February 19
On Jan. 3, 2017, Cpl. Lionel Desmond shot and killed his wife, daughter, mother and then himself in a home in Guysborough County, N.S.(Dave Irish/CBC)