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The untouchables: Top detectives to investigate ‘disgraceful’ kill squad
A series of alleged murders by special forces soldiers which a military inquiry dubbed “the most disgraceful episode in Australia’s military history” will......
Until now, it has been unclear what the final report of the heavily redacted Brereton inquiry was referring to in November when it described the “disgraceful episode”, but multiple official sources have since confirmed that…
- Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters
- The Sydney Morning Herald
A defence source confidentially briefed on the patrol team’s activities told The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald this group had been described to him as a “kill squad”.
The team of detectives being assembled to investigate the allegations is being recruited by a…