Sydney ¨C Australia¡¯s most decorated soldier was arrested on Tuesday and charged with five counts of war crime murders relating to the killing of unarmed civilians while on deployment in Afghanistan.
Police said a 47-year-old former Australian Defence Force (ADF) member had been arrested at Sydney Airport. Court records named the man as Ben ?Roberts-Smith.
He was charged with five counts of war crimes in connection with the murder of five people in Afghanistan ?between 2009 ?and 2012, Australian Federal Police (AFP) said. The maximum penalty for each charge is life imprisonment.
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