Six British soldiers charged over 4am attack on New York policeman outside bar

 
Ap|Staff4 September 2013
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Six British soldiers have been charged with assault over a fight with an off-duty police officer outside a Manhattan bar.

The charges stem from an argument that began shortly after 4am local time on Friday with the soldiers and the officer trading insults while mingling with women in front of the nightspot, police said.

The BBC reported the six are Fijian nationals who were in the US on a rugby tour.

A criminal complaint alleges the men - Ratu-losefo Yavala, Mosese Kurulala, Joeli Raduva, Filipe Vunisarati, Iliakini Raderua and Thomas Shute - punched the officer until he fell to the ground.

When the officer tried to call emergency services, one of the men punched him again and took his mobile phone, the complaint says.

The unidentified New York Police officer, who did not have a gun, cut one of the soldiers on the arm while trying to defend himself with a small pocket knife, police said. He suffered a broken nose and a swollen jaw.

The Ministry of Defence identified the six men as members of the Scots Guards, but declined to comment further.

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