Darwan farmer Man Gul has told the Federal Court he was detained for questioning by foreign soldiers with two other men, Ali Jan and Mr Jan’s step-nephew, Mohammed Hanifa. The court has heard that a man matching Mr Jan’s description was killed by Australian troops, but the circumstances in which he died are contested.
Both Mr Gul and his fellow villager Mr Hanifa have said a “big soldier” was among the troops who detained them for questioning. Mr Hanifa has also given evidence that the man had “blue eyes, like, kind of brownish” and this uniform was wet and sandy to about his chest.The court has heard evidence that the two-metre-tall Mr Roberts-Smith waded into the Helmand River on the same day in pursuit of a Taliban insurgent called Hekmatullah.
A picture of the village of Darwan, where Afghan witnesses have given evidence about the actions of Ben Roberts-Smith.Nicholas Owens, SC, the barrister acting for the newspapers, asked Mr Roberts-Smith last month if he had heard “rumours of patrols in the SAS using throwdowns”, the alleged practice of planting weapons or objects such as radios on a body to justify a killing. “No,” Mr Roberts-Smith replied.
Mr Gul said Mr Hanifa and Mr Jan were taken away from him during the questioning and he did not see the “big soldier” again, but Mr Hanifa had subsequently told him that “they kicked [Mr Jan] ... and he went down into the river and they dragged him towards the trees”.
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