The federal government has quietly settled a lawsuit filed by survivors and family members in the wake of a suicide bombing outside the Canadian embassy in Kabul four years ago that killed 15 Nepalese Gurkhas and Indian private security contractors, CBC News has learned. The former soldiers injured in the attack and the widows of the victims filed the $20 million court action two years ago. Contractor couldn't be found, says lawyerInitially, the families filed suit against both the federal government and Sabre International, the private security company that employed the slain soldiers as embassy guards. Vancouver lawyer Joe Fiorante says the federal government needs to conduct "enhanced due diligence" when it hires firms to protect embassies. "Certainly, there has to be enhanced due diligence in terms of screening private security contractors, especially their past record," he said.

Source: CBC News October 02, 2020 07:52 UTC