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"Ben Roberts-Smith
- who left the defence force in 2013 -
was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday
and will face court over five counts of the war crime of murder.
He will spend the night in a cell,
before a bail hearing on Wednesday.
At a news conference in Sydney on Tuesday,
the Australian Federal Police (AFP) confirmed a 47-year-old former soldier had been arrested
and said he would be charged with killing unarmed detainees while serving in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012."
Ben Roberts-Smith: Australian soldier charged over alleged war crimes
Ben Roberts-Smith, who denies all wrongdoing, previously lost a landmark defamation case over the alleged murders.
www.bbc.com
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