Baghdad, April 18: Military police and investigators are examining footage that appears to show British soldiers beating an Iraqi civilian.
The film shows men dressed in British Army desert-combat fatigues punching and kicking a man, who appears to be distressed. The Mail on Sunday said it had received the footage from an Army source who claimed it was from 2003.
It apparently depicts a “revenge attack” following the killing of six British Red Caps by a mob in Majar Al Kabir, Maysan province. The Ministry of Defence yesterday confirmed that it was conducting an investigation after seeing the footage.
–Agencies