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Australian solider arrested for alleged war crime

By Andrew Macfarlane
March 20, 2023
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A file image of a judge in a courtroom. (Source: 1News)

An Australian soldier has been arrested for allegedly murdering an Afghan man while deployed in Afghanistan.

The joint investigation involving the Office of the Special Investigator and the Australian Federal Police resulted in the arrest of a 41-year-old man in regional New South Wales this morning.

He's expected to be charged with one count of War Crime—Murder.

The AFP says the maximum penalty for the offence is life imprisonment.

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