SAS shot dead two sleeping Afghans in war crime, public inquiry told

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

The SAS shot dead two Afghan adults who were sleeping in an incident in August 2012 in which two children were seriously injured, a public inquiry has heard.

The barrister representing victims’ families in a public inquiry into the killing of 80 civilians by the SAS in Afghanistan said the incident amounted to war crimes committed by British soldiers.