Australian troops have been implicated in the killing of a six-year-old Afghan boy and his father during a night raid in the Uruzgan Province three weeks ago. The two were in the house next door to the raided house.
The two were found under a bullet-ridden blanket, shot in the head, and the child had a syringe stuck in his chest during an abortive attempt to revive him. Locals say the troops were on their roof during the next-door raid, and shot down into the home through the roof as well.
The Australian Defense Department confirmed the incident, saying it had informed the Afghan government and NATO, but declined to offer further details, saying there is a pending investigation.
The Australian military reportedly paid “compensation” to some locals over the raid, but relatives of the slain civilians are still furious about the incident, just the latest in a long line of night raids gone wrong, a major source of tensions between the Karzai government and NATO.
It is in genes. Used to treat natives like their lives do not matter.
The usual Anglo Saxons xexplanation, under investigation.
Aussie lackeys aspire to be mini me sherifs..and follow their master's voice into the pit of murder and mayhem all for world dominance..i hope they get their just deserts and are prosecuted
Fair dinkum. They should have put some more kabobs on the barbie.
You bloody savages! Sons and daughters of convicts!
You went to Australia and stole the land, indulged in genocide, adopted a policy of Apartheid; isn't that enough for you?
You had, have to go and murder elsewhere too..
You scum!
This is in keeping with their roots and the way Australia was started: a land to keep criminals.
With forest fires burning out of control in Australia one would have thought preventing these disasters a more useful endeavour.