US soldier found guilty of killing unarmed Iraqi
A US soldier who said he shot dead an unarmed and wounded Iraqi civilian to "put him out of his misery" was found guilty of murder at a court martial in Baghdad yesterday.
Staff Sergent Johnny Horne was convicted of the unpremeditated murder of a severely wounded Iraqi civilian in Baghdad's deprived Sadr City district on August 18.
A pre-trial agreement limits sentencing to 10 years, without which the charge carried a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The murder of Kassim Hassan took place when US soldiers spotted a garbage truck apparently dropping homemade bombs in Sadr City, the capital's most populous Shia Muslim neighbourhood.
The soldiers started shooting at the truck, which caught fire, and a severely wounded Hassan pulled himself out of the truck and fell to the ground, according to previous testimony.
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