FORT LEWIS, Wash. – Five soldiers from the same Washington state-based unit have now been implicated in the killing of three Afghan civilians, an Army spokeswoman said Monday.
The Army said Friday that Spc. Jeremy Morlock had been charged with three counts of premeditated murder and one count of assault.
On Monday, Lt. Col. Tamara Parker, a Joint Base Lewis-McChord spokeswoman, said "there is enough evidence to say that five may be charged," although Morlock is the only one charged so far.
A second soldier is being held in confinement in Kuwait, and the others three remain with their unit in Afghanistan, she said.
Like Morlock, 22, of Wasilla, Alaska, the others are assigned to B Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
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