This Article is From Apr 14, 2015

Blackwater Guards Get Heavy Prison Sentences in 2007 Iraq Killings

Blackwater Guards Get Heavy Prison Sentences in 2007 Iraq Killings

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Washington:

One former Blackwater guard was sentenced to life in prison and three others received 30-year sentences Monday for their roles in a 2007 mass shooting in Iraq that left at least 14 civilians dead.

The four ex-employees of the US private security firm were convicted last October on an array of charges ranging from first degree murder to voluntary manslaughter stemming from the incident in Baghdad's Nisour Square.

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