Region | Iraq
Blackwater guards indicted by US to surrender on Monday
Five private security guards who are being charged in the US in connection with the killing of more than a dozen people in Baghdad are to surrender to authorities on Monday.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:51 December 7, 2008
- Plainclothes contractors working for Blackwater USA take part in a firefight in this 2004 file photo.
- Image Credit: AP
Washington: Five private security guards who are being charged in the US in connection with the killing of more than a dozen people in Baghdad are to surrender to authorities on Monday.
The lawyers for the Blackwater security guards said their clients would surrender and also accused the US government had overstepped its authority in the charges.
The indictments, which were reported on Saturday, follow the investigation of the killing of 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007.
Blackwater guards opened fire in a Baghdad neighbourhood, sparking an uproar about the use of private guards in Iraq.
Blackwater has claimed that its personnel came under hostile fire and responded appropriately, but FBI agents have concluded most of the fatal shootings were unjustified.
Share this article
Popular in News
News Editor's choice
-
Into an oasis of values
A place to snuggle in the warmth of old manners away from the bustle of city life
-
The walking MP
Rory Stewart's long walk in life has taken a new turn
-
What drives Africa's new kind of refugees?
Warming-driven factors have led many in the continent to flee their homes
