Marines recalled during investigation (Afghan shooting incident)

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Source: Associated Press

Marines recalled during investigation

Fri Apr 27, 2:13 PM ET

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Eight members of a Marine Corps company
involved in the fatal shooting of civilians during an ambush last
month in Afghanistan were brought back to Camp Lejeune while
an investigation continues, a base spokesman said Friday.

The March 4 shootings — which came after a minivan rigged with
explosives rammed the Marines' convoy — left 12 people dead
including a 1-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl, according to a
report by Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission.

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The special operations company commander, the senior sergeant
and six members of the company were recalled to their base at
Camp Lejeune earlier this month, said Maj. Cliff Gilmore, spokesman
for the Marine Corps Special Operation Command.

The rest of the company of 120 Marines, part of the 2nd Marine
Special Operations Battalion, was ordered out of Afghanistan after
the incident but remains deployed in the region.

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