Footage of Ben Roberts-Smith's arrest has been released, and the former soldier has been charged over the alleged war crime murders of unarmed Afghan civilians. Roberts-Smith, Australia's most decorated living Afghanistan veteran, was arrested at Sydney domestic airport on Tuesday morning after allegations he murdered Afghans while deployed in the country between 2009 and 2012. He was charged on Tuesday afternoon over five alleged murders in Afghanistan, including two counts of murder and three counts of aiding and abetting murder.
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