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  1. 13 March 2012 at 4:28am

US soldier who killed 16 civilians had 'head injury'

The soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, most of them children, and burning their bodies was trained as a sniper and recently suffered a head injury in Iraq, US officials have said. The name of the suspect, a married, 38-year-old father of two, has not been released.

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