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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Inquiry to open into claims British soldiers summarily killed 80 Afghans

The presiding judge, Lord Justice Haddon-Cave
Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, who is chairing the inquiry. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

A public inquiry into allegations that 80 Afghans were summarily killed by members of three different British SAS units begins on Monday amid pleas from victims’ families to uncover the truth behind the deaths.

Mansour Aziz, whose brother and sister-in-law were shot and killed while sleeping by British elite forces during a night raid on 6 August 2012, said he hoped the inquiry would establish why his home had been targeted.

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