Death in Darwan: the day that could decide the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial

Court has heard conflicting accounts from each side about 2012 SAS mission, and the final moments of one Afghan man. Which will be accepted?

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The mission was almost over, the helicopters beginning to ferry soldiers back to base, when the radio crackled back into life: “One EKIA – spotter engaged in the cornfield.”

Another “enemy killed in action”, the fourth of this mission.

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