Ben Roberts-Smith Federal Court

Two “frightened” Afghan men were pulled from a tunnel by Australian troops and taken away for questioning by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith before one of the ...

He said no prisoners were brought back to Tarin Kowt. He later heard machine gun fire and saw the man with the prosthetic leg had been killed. Mr Roberts-Smith alleges a series of articles published in 2018 portray him as a war criminal. A second serving SAS soldier, Person 18, has given evidence that Mr Roberts-Smith was carrying a light machine gun matching that description on that day, while a third SAS soldier, Person 14, said he discovered later that day that Mr Roberts-Smith was carrying the “distinctive” weapon. “They came out, obviously very frightened, one had a distinctive limp, that’s the person with the prosthetic leg… He said the men were searched and “marched off to another area” for what he assumed was tactical questioning by Mr Roberts-Smith and a second soldier, Person 35.