Canadian military police have charged a Canadian officer with murdering an unarmed Afghan man in Helmand Province last year.
Captain Robert Semrau is accused of shooting and killing a man officials described as a "presumed insurgent".
Capt Semrau was with a mentoring team helping Afghan soldiers in Helmand at the time of the death "on or about" 19 October of last year.
Taleban insurgents had launched a major offensive in Helmand at the time.
Capt Semrau is being held by military police before being transferred back to Canada to face a military judge, the Canadian defence ministry said.
He was charged "with one count of second-degree murder" and "is accused of shooting, with intent to kill, an unarmed male person", Canadian military police investigators said in a statement.
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