Australia's most decorated soldier charged with committing 5 war crime murders in Afghanistan

MELBOURNE, Australia — A former Australian soldier was charged on Tuesday with war crimes on allegations that he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 and 2012, police said

MELBOURNE, Australia — A former Australian soldier was charged on Tuesday with war crimes on allegations that he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 and 2012, police said.

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Police have not confirmed the 47-year-old man’s name. He is expected to appear in a Sydney court later Tuesday.

The soldier is only the second Australian veteran of the Afghanistan campaign to be charged with a war crime.