SAS commanding officer is placed under criminal investigation over the killing of an ISIS terrorist in Syria

Royal Military Police detectives interviewed the Lieutenant Colonel under caution, accusing him of covering up the 'murder' of a jihadist. The regiment's chief of staff and a squadron commander were also questioned. All three had signed off the five-man team's account of the 2022 shooting as accurate and proportionate. The probe has dragged on for three years.

General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, a former SBS commander, overruled the SAS chief and triggered the probe.

Staff at SAS headquarters in Hereford rallied furiously around the accused officers.

In a propaganda video, the terrorist had pledged to detonate bombs targeting infidels.