UK soldier charged with shooting boy

A British soldier will stand trial over the shooting of a 13-year-old boy in Iraq, the UK's top legal officer said yesterday. The soldier faces a charge of unlawful wounding over the non-fatal shooting of the boy last September, Attorney General Lord...

A British soldier will stand trial over the shooting of a 13-year-old boy in Iraq, the UK's top legal officer said yesterday.

The soldier faces a charge of unlawful wounding over the non-fatal shooting of the boy last September, Attorney General Lord Goldsmith said in a statement.

He could face an alternative charge of negligent handling of a weapon, the statement added.

The shooting took place in al-Uzayr, south of Iraq's southeastern city of Amarah.

Private Alexander Johnston of the 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers will appear before a British military court but the location of the court martial has yet to be decided.

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