soldier accused ofkilling colleagues
An American soldier has been accused of shooting dead two comrades during a row in Iraq.
Specialist Neftaly Platero is being held in custody during the investigation into last week’s killings in Fallujah, a former insurgent stronghold 40 miles west of the capital Baghdad.
A US military spokesman said a “verbal altercation” broke out among four soldiers last Thursday and Platero “allegedly took his weapon and began shooting the other soldiers”.