The murder of Mohebullah refers to the 2010 shooting of prisoner Mohebullah in Afghanistan by a US soldier who later pleaded guilty and was convicted by a U.S. military judge.
On October 17, 2010 "in a jail cell at a U.S. outpost in Afghanistan"[1] prisoner Muhebullah was shot to death after Private First Class David Lawrence had unlocked the door and entered the prison cell of Mohebullah. The prisoner was "described by Army officials as a suspected Taliban commander"[1] according to the website of Fox News.
PFC Lawrence pled guilty and on May 25, 2011 a U.S. military court at Fort Carson sentenced him to 12 and a half years for the premeditated murder of Mohebullah.[2][3] He was incarcerated at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "US Soldier Gets 12 ½ Years In Detainee Death". Fox News. 2010-04-07. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ a b Kevin Vaughan (2011-05-25). "Soldier pleads guilty to killing jailed Taliban commander". Denver Post. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Amerikansk soldat tilstår drap på Taliban-fange - VG Nett om Afghanistan" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
External links
edit- "U.S. soldier to plead guilty in killing of Taliban prisoner". Los Angeles Times. May 21, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
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