(RT) Poland’s Military Prosecutor demanded on Tuesday that five to twelve year prison terms be handed out to seven Polish soldiers. The soldiers, who allegedly shot Afghan civilians in 2007, are thought to be on trial for war crimes, the Rzeczpospolita newspaper reports.
The Prosecutor has accused the suspects for breaching Polish law as well as the Geneva Convention. The field commander was said to have been informed that there were no militants in the village, but the troops opened fire on several huts with machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades, killing six civilians, including two women and three children. Others were wounded during the assault. The shelling was also filmed and the movie later posted on-line. The military commandment first rejected the accusations, stating that the troops were under attack from Taliban fighters and shot back in self-defense.
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