War crimes scandal: Army ‘covered up torture and child murder’ in the Middle East | News | The Sunday Times
▻https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/army-covered-up-torture-and-child-murder-bfdc5rsmw
Military detectives unearthed disturbing allegations that senior commanders had tried to hide war crimes by British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, a year-long investigation by The Sunday Times and the BBC Panorama programme has established.
Evidence had been found of murders by an SAS soldier and deaths in custody, beatings, torture and degrading sexual abuse of detainees by members of the Black Watch. The military detectives also discovered allegations of the falsification of documents serious enough to merit prosecutions of senior officers.
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