Article 6FDFR Inquiry to open into claims British soldiers summarily killed 80 Afghans

Inquiry to open into claims British soldiers summarily killed 80 Afghans

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Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#6FDFR)

Public inquiry into alleged actions of SAS units to begin amid victims' families pleas for truth to be uncovered

A public inquiry into allegations that 80 Afghans were summarily killed by members of three different British SAS units begins on Monday amid pleas from victims' families to uncover the truth behind the deaths.

Mansour Aziz, whose brother and sister-in-law were shot and killed while sleeping by British elite forces during a night raid on 6 August 2012, said he hoped the inquiry would establish why his home had been targeted.

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