Australia - Highly decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is charged with war crimes, 7 April, 2026

[Dotta]

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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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[airportwoman]

I didn't know Australian troops served in Afghanistan! Yikes.