Australian Special Forces Troops Under Investigation For Mutilating A Taliban Corpse

Australian Special Forces Troops Under Investigation For Cutting Off Hands Of Dead Afghan Insurgent -- ABC News (Australia)

A unit of elite Australian special forces troops is under investigation for mutilating the body of at least one Afghan insurgent.

The ABC understands the hands were removed from an insurgent's corpse and taken back to the Australian base at Tarin Kot.

The incident occurred during a combined operation of the Afghan national security force and an Australian Special Operations Task Group force in Zabul province on April 28 that resulted in the killing of four insurgents.

At the time, the Australian Defence Force announced only that an investigation was underway.

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