A deadly Canadian sniper has picked up his rifle again and travelled to Ukraine to help fight off Russian invaders.
The kill, in Iraq, surpassed British sharpshooter Craig Harrison's, who shot dead a Taliban fighter in Afghanistan in 2009 from 2,475 metres.
Wali, which means "protector" or "guardian" in Arabic, is a veteran of Canada's Afghanistan campaign in Kandahar province. He was joined by three other ex-Canadian military servicemen, and said they were embraced with hugs and handshakes upon arriving in Ukraine."I want to help them. It's as simple as that."The Sun said the 19-year-old Coldstream Guardsman wrote a goodbye letter to his parents before travelling to Poland. Authorities were racing to try and intercept them.
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