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A former Australian soldier who served in Afghanistan has been charged with a conflict crime by the federal police.
The person was arrested on Monday morning in regional NSW and was anticipated to seem in Queanbeyan Native Court docket on Tuesday.
The AFP and the Workplace of the Particular Investigator stated on Monday afternoon the 41-year-old man had been charged with one rely of conflict crime – homicide, a punishment that carries a penalty of life imprisonment.
The person has been recognized by the ABC and Information Corp as former particular forces soldier Oliver Schulz.
Mr Schulz, 41, was proven in an ABC Investigations-4 Corners story in 2020 capturing an Afghan man in a wheat area in Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan. The alleged incident occurred in 2012.
The ABC stated it understood Mr Schulz was arrested early on Monday by the Australian Federal Police within the Goulburn space of ​​NSW.
Mr Schulz – who was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for his service in Afghanistan – can be the primary member of the Australian Protection Pressure to be charged with a conflict crime below Australian legislation.
A joint assertion by the AFP and the OSI stated they had been working to research allegations of felony offenses below Australian legislation associated to breaches of the Legal guidelines of Armed Battle by Australian Protection Pressure personnel in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016.
– with AAP
