Film shows 'UK soldiers beating Iraqi'

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.