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SAS veteran Oliver Schulz charged with war crime of murder over killing of Afghan man in field

Oliver Schulz, 41, was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for his service in Afghanistan. (Supplied)

A decorated former SAS soldier shown in a Four Corners story shooting an Afghan man in a wheat field has become the first Australian serviceman or veteran to be charged with a war crime under Australian law.

Former trooper Oliver Schulz, 41, was arrested by the Australian Federal Police at Jindabyne in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains this morning, after a years-long investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

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