Report: Canadian army sniper sets record for longest kill shot

June 23 (UPI) -- A Canadian special elite forces member may have set a world record by killing a suspected insurgent in Iraq with the world's longest kill shot, the Canadian military said.

The Globe and Mail reported that a member of Canada's Joint Task Force 2 set the world record for longest sniper shot to kill a human being. The unnamed sniper is said to have killed the suspected insurgent from a length of approximately 11,319 feet or 2.2 miles. The bullet traveled for 10 seconds before hitting its target.

"The Canadian Special Operations Command can confirm that a member of the Joint Task Force 2 successfully hit a target from 3,540 meters. For operational security reasons and to preserve the safety of our personnel and our coalition partners, we will not discuss precise details on when and how this incident took place," the Canadian military said in a statement.

If the length of the reported shot proves to be accurate, it will have shattered the previous record set by British soldier Chris Harrison, who killed two suspected Taliban members in Afghanistan in 2009 from a distance of 1.54 miles.

In March, Canada's defense minister Harjit Sajjan announced that the country's military will extend its operations in northern Iraq until June 30.

The Canadian military has been supporting Kurdish forces against Islamic State in its attempt to take back the region, including the battle for the city of Mosul.