Film shows 'UK soldiers beating Iraqi'

Monday 18 April 2011 00:00 BST

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Military police and investigators are examining footage that appears to show British soldiers beating an Iraqi civilian.

The film shows men dressed in British Army desert-combat fatigues punching and kicking a man, who appears to be distressed. The Mail on Sunday said it had received the footage from an Army source who claimed it was from 2003.

It apparently depicts a "revenge attack" following the killing of six British Red Caps by a mob in Majar Al Kabir, Maysan province. The Ministry of Defence yesterday confirmed that it was conducting an investigation after seeing the footage.

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