A total of seven soldiers, including a general, tried for manslaughter
Rennes: A French court on Thursday gave suspended jail terms to three soldiers convicted over the death by drowning of a trainee officer during an initiation ritual at the country’s most prestigious military academy.
Jallal Hami, 24, drowned overnight on October 29, 2012, while crossing a swamp as part of an exercise meant to teach the Saint-Cyr officer school’s traditions to new recruits.
A total of seven soldiers, including a general, were tried for manslaughter.
A court in Rennes, a city in France’s western Brittany region near the Saint-Cyr academy, sentenced an army captain, a commanding officer and a soldier who has since left the military to suspended terms of between six and eight months.
Four other defendants, including the general who was in charge of training at Saint-Cyr at the time, were cleared of the charges.
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