U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson was found stripped, bound, and shot in the head two days after a fatal early October Islamic State ambush, an anonymous soldier tells CBSNews.
Johnson’s body was reportedly found by local children approximately a mile away from the main ambush site where three other soldiers were killed. Circumstances around the ambush remain murky after nearly a month with an ongoing Pentagon investigation.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford previously indicated the soldiers were part of a 12-man team on an overnight mission deep in the heart of Niger. U.S. troops in Niger are engaged in train, advise, and assist mission for Nigerien security forces.
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But it would be two days before children from the village discovered the fourth body of Sgt. La David Johnson about half a mile away. It’s still not clear how Johnson got separated from the rest.
“Johnson had been stripped of his uniform,” said a soldier who would only talk if his identity was concealed. “He told us his hands were tied and they’d shot him in the head.”
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