MoD hits out at BBC over ‘irresponsible’ SAS death squad claims

Government criticises broadcaster for documentary alleging Afghan civilians were shot in cold blood

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has taken the extraordinary step of accusing the BBC of engaging in “irresponsible, incorrect” journalism hours before a Panorama documentary that will accuse SAS soldiers of killing Afghan civilians in cold blood.

The product of a four-year investigation, the programme due to be broadcast on BBC One on Tuesday night concludes that 54 people were killed in suspicious circumstances by one SAS unit in Helmand province between 2010 and 2011.

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