7 U.K. Marines Arrested in Afghanistan Murder Probe
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Seven members of the U.K.'s Royal Marines have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a 2011 incident in Afghanistan, the U.K.'s Ministry of Defense said Thursday. The identities of the Marines have not been revealed nor have any details about the incident beyond a brief statement from the Defense Ministry. "The incident followed an engagement with an insurgent: there were no civilians involved. The investigation will now be taken forward adn dealt with by the Service Justice system." The statement added that the arrests demonstrated the Armed Forces' and Department's "determination to ensure UK personnel act in accordance with their Rules of Engagement and our standards."
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Three U.S. Marines Killed in Afghanistan in End of Bloody Week
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Three U.S. Marines were shot dead by an Afghan worker on a military base in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official told NBC News, in the end of a bloody week in the country. The soldiers were killed by a base employee who turned his gun on them, Reuters reported; a fourth Marine was seriously wounded. The shooting took place on Friday night in Helmand province, not far from where three U.S. Marines—in a separate incident—were killed by an Afghan police commander earlier in the day. Earlier in the week, on Tuesday, two gunmen wearing Afghan army uniforms killed a U.S. soldier and wounded two others in Paktia province in the east. Since January, there have been 26 such attacks on foreign troops, leading 34 deaths, according to NATO forces.
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