23 Jan 2012

Video blamed for shooting of French troops

12:01 pm on 23 January 2012

A video of United States marines urinating on Taliban corpses has been blamed for the shooting of four French troops on Friday at a base in Eastern Afghanistan.

The ABC reports the shooting led to France suspending its training programme in Afghanistan.

The four soldiers were killed and 15 others were wounded when an Afghan soldier opened fire on them at a base in Kapisa, north-east of Kabul.

In his initial confession, the gunman said he was motivated to kill the soldiers after he saw the video.