UK Ministry of Defence, The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that recent and very serious allegations of abuse by British Soldiers in Iraq are now the subject of an urgent Royal Military Police investigation.
The allegations arose from video footage obtained by a sunday newspaper.
British troops are not above the law, and it has always been MOD policy to initiate a Service police investigation where there are any grounds to suspect that a criminal act has, or might have been, committed. This case is no different.
In a statement, the Adjutant General's Chief of Staff, Brigadier Martin Routledge, said:
“The images in this video amount to very serious allegations. We can confirm they are now the subject of an urgent Royal Military Police investigation. They are disturbing images.
“We condemn all acts of abuse and brutality and always treat any allegations of wrongdoing by our personnel extremely seriously.
“The Army always initiates a Royal Military Police investigation whenever serious allegations of wrongdoing are made. This fulfils the Army
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