Soldiers facing life imprisonment for murder

In an unprecedented move yesterday, seven detained soldiers who recently returned from the mission in Afghanistan were accused of murdering civilians. Six face life sentences, while the last could spend up to 25 years in prison. According to the prosecutor, the soldiers lied during their testimonies as they were not defending themselves from a Taliban attack, and were not in danger. They killed six civilians, including children. Gazeta Wyborcza has also unofficially learned that after the massacre the soldiers went to the village and recorded everything on camera. "It was impossible to watch. It looked like the soldiers wanted a souvenir," said an informer close to the case. The prosecutor also emphasized that the soldiers violated the Hague and Geneva conventions, which guarantee that during military action, civilians are not threatened by the army. (Dziennik, p. 1; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1; Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K. Story image: flickr.com user smartsnake