Oliver Schulz

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SAS veteran Oliver Schulz charged with war crime of murder over ... (ABC News)

Police charge a decorated former SAS soldier who was shown in a Four Corners program shooting an Afghan man in a wheat field. He is the first Australian ...

"They can arrest him," his father, Abul Malik, told the program in 2020. In a statement, the AFP said it was working with the OSI "to investigate allegations of criminal offences under Australian law related to breaches of the Laws of Armed Conflict by Australian Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016". He has been remanded in custody to appear at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on May 16. "We've never had a situation in the past where a member of the ADF, either current or former, has been charged with a war crime and slated for trial in a civilian court. "It's unprecedented," said University of Tasmania law professor Tim McCormack, a special adviser on war crimes to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. A decorated former SAS soldier shown in a Four Corners story shooting an Afghan man in a wheat field has become the first Australian serviceman or veteran to be charged with a war crime under Australian law.

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Australian former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz held over alleged war ... (BBC News)

Oliver Schulz, 41, faces charges over the 2012 murder of an Afghan man, Australian police say.

"We've never had a situation in the past where a member of the ADF, either current or former, has been charged with a war crime and slated for trial in a civilian court," he told the ABC. Mr Schulz's case should set an "important precedent" for the West and its allies on how to handle suspected wrongdoing in the military, said Tim McCormack, a law professor at the University of Tasmania and special adviser on war crimes to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. A former Australian SAS soldier has been charged with murder, following an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

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Former SAS soldier charged with Afghanistan war crime (The Age)

A former special forces soldier has been arrested in NSW and charged with war crimes in Afghanistan.

“This is the first war crime charge of murder to be laid against a serving or former Australian Defence Force member under Australian law,” the AFP said in a statement. [Sign up here](/link/follow-20170101-p57ogt). Police said the arrest was the result of a joint investigation with the Office of the Special Investigator, which is investigating allegations arising from the Brereton Report into alleged war crimes committed by ADF personnel during the war in Afghanistan.

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Former SAS soldier arrested and charged in NSW for alleged war ... (The Guardian)

Oliver Schulz, 41, was arrested in the southern highlands of New South Wales by Australian federal police and NSW police.

“Victims of human rights violations across the conflict in Afghanistan have for decades been denied avenues for any accountability. Oliver Schulz, 41, was arrested in the southern highlands of New South Wales by Australian federal police and NSW police. Last month, before parliament, the head of the OSI said the agency was investigating “between 40 and 50” alleged offences by Australian special forces soldiers in the Afghan conflict.

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Former SAS veteran Oliver Schulz arrested in Goulburn NSW over ... (Daily Mail)

Video footage of former trooper Oliver Schulz, 41, allegedly shooting an Afghan man in a wheat field in southern Afghanistan in 2012, was broadcast in 2020 ...

Oliver Schulz (pictured) - who was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for his service in Afghanistan - is now expected to be the first Australian Defence Force member to be charged with a war crime under Australian law Schulz - who was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for his service in Afghanistan - is now expected to be the first Australian Defence Force member to be charged with a war crime under Australian law. Decorated SAS veteran is arrested as part of war crimes investigation into the killing of an Afghan man in a wheat field

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SAS veteran charged over murder of Afghan man (Sky News Australia)

Former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier Oliver Schulz has been charged over the murder of a man while deployed in Afghanistan.

"Investigators arrested the man, 41, in regional NSW this morning. A joint investigation between the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI) and the AFP has today resulted in the arrest of a New South Wales man.— AFP (@AusFedPolice) The AFP confirmed the charge in a statement following a joint investigation with the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI).

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SAS soldier arrested, charged for war crimes (NEWS.com.au)

Australian police have arrested a decorated former SAS soldier and will soon charge him with war crimes after he was allegedly caught on camera shooting an ...

“It will be alleged he murdered an Afghan man while deployed to Afghanistan with the Australian Defence Force,” the Australian Federal Police said in a joint statement with the Office of the Special Investigator. Australian police have arrested a decorated former SAS soldier and will soon charge him with war crimes after he was allegedly caught on camera shooting an Afghan man in a field while deployed in Afghanistan. AFP has made its first arrest of a former SAS soldier accused of war crimes in Afghanistan, with a decorated vet set to be charged.

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Former Australian soldier arrested over alleged war crime (9News)

Following an investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI), Oliver Schulz was taken into custody. The 41 ...

He is the first Australian serviceman or veteran to be charged with a war crime under Australian law, relating to the conflict in Afghanistan. [Australian](https://www.9news.com.au/national)soldier has been charged with the [war](https://www.9news.com.au/war)crime of murder after being arrested in regional New South Wales this morning. Following an investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI), Oliver Schulz was taken into custody.

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Former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz charged with murder over alleged ... (The West Australian)

A decorated former SAS soldier has become the first Australian Defence Force member to be charged with a war crime murder under Australian law.

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'War crime — murder' (Crikey)

SAS veteran Oliver Schulz is alleged to have murdered an Afghan man and is charged with 'war crime — murder'.

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Monaro's Oliver Schulz accused of war crime murder of Afghan man ... (About Regional)

A former Australian soldier who lives in the Snowy Monaro region made no application for bail after he was accused…

“The OSI [Office of the Special Investigator] and AFP are working together to investigate allegations of criminal offences under Australian law related to breaches of the Laws of Armed Conflict by Australian Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016,” a police spokesperson said. The 41-year-old made no bail application and bail was formally refused by Magistrate Roger Clisdell, who adjourned the matter for a mention in the Sydney Downing Centre on 16 May. A former Australian soldier who lives in the Snowy Monaro region made no application for bail after he was accused of a war crime, the alleged murder of a man in Afghanistan.

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