Two British soldiers have admitted abusing Afghan civilians, including a child, at a court martial hearing in Germany. One racially abused an Afghan man, while the other pleaded guilty to indecent behavior towards a child.
At the trial, which happened in Sennelager, northwest Germany,
one of the two guilty soldiers — identified as ‘Soldier X’ — said
that in December 2011 he pulled an Afghan boy’s hand towards his
crotch and instructed him to ‘touch my special place.’
‘Soldier X’ further admitted to insulting a different Afghan
child between October 2011 and January 2012. He was cleared of
forcing an Afghan girl to touch him on a separate occasion.
A third unidentified man, their patrol officer, was declared not
guilty. He had stood accused of failing to deal with the offences
in his professional capacity as a patrol officer.
This article originally appeared on: RT