Editing Fragging (section)

===Iraq War (U.S. forces)===
* March 23, 2003: In [[Kuwait City|Kuwait]], Sergeant [[Hasan Karim Akbar]] cut power to his base and threw four hand grenades into three tents where fellow members of the [[101st Airborne Division]] were sleeping, before opening fire with his rifle as the personnel ran to take cover: Army Captain Christopher S. Seifert and Air Force Major Gregory L. Stone were killed and fourteen other soldiers wounded. Akbar was convicted at a court-martial at [[Fort Bragg, North Carolina]] on April 21, 2005, on two counts of premeditated murder and three counts of attempted premeditated murder, and was sentenced to death on April 28.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/akbar-convicted-of-murder "Akbar Convicted of Murder"], Fox News</ref><ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/WN/militarys-death-row/story?id=9075282 "Military's death row: Hasan Akbar case"], ABC News</ref>
* June 7, 2005: Captain Phillip Esposito and 1st Lieutenant Louis Allen were [[Deaths of Phillip Esposito and Louis Allen|both killed]] after a [[M18 Claymore mine|Claymore mine]] placed on Esposito's office window was detonated at [[Forward Operating Base Danger]] in [[Tikrit]], Iraq. The unit's supply sergeant was charged with the murders, but was acquitted at [[Court-martial|court martial]].<ref>{{cite news|last=von Zielbauer|first=Paul|date=February 21, 2009|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/nyregion/21frag.html?partner=rss&emc=rss|title=After Guilty Plea Offer, G.I. Cleared of Iraq Deaths|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref>
* July 19, 2005: The [[death of LaVena Johnson]] is a suspected fragging incident: she was found dead with a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, gunshot wound to the mouth, and burns from a [[Corrosive substance|corrosive chemical]] on her genitals. Additionally, bloody footprints were discovered outside of her living quarters. The U.S. Army ruled her death as a suicide, and denied claims by her father that she was raped and murdered. Christopher Grey, chief of public affairs for the [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Command|USACIDC]], accused people of spreading [[misinformation]] on the internet that she was murdered.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10518131">{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10518131&pnum=0|title=Tracey Barnett: Women GIs in fear of the enemy in their army|author=Barnett, Tracey|date=June 25, 2008|work=The New Zealand Herald|access-date=October 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/27/lavena_johnson/index.html?source=refresh The tragic story of LaVena Johnson"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528031820/http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/27/lavena_johnson/index.html?source=refresh |date=May 28, 2009 }} by Kate Harding, salon.com. June 27, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=DELACH LEONARD|first=MARY|date=July 19, 2015|title=10 years later, a soldier's family still grieves and questions the Army's version of her death|url=https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/10-years-later-soldiers-family-still-grieves-and-questions-armys-version-her-death#stream/0|work=St. Louis Public Radio|location=St. Louis Missouri|access-date=May 29, 2018}}</ref>
* 2008: Army sergeant Joseph Bozicevich killed two fellow soldiers: one of his victims was found shot seven times in the corner of the base's small communications station and another in the dirt outside with six bullets in his back. Several witnesses said they saw Bozicevich chasing one of them while firing at him and fired two shots while he stood directly over him. Witnesses also testified to hearing Bozicevich screaming "Kill me!" as he was pinned to the ground. In 2011 he was sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-58725720110810 |title=Sergeant gets life sentence for killing fellow U.S. soldiers |date=August 10, 2011 |work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2011/05/army_sgt_joseph_bozicevich_fou.html |title=Army Sgt. Joseph Bozicevich found guilty of killing fellow soldiers in Iraq |work=The Associated Press}}</ref>
* May 11, 2009: Sergeant John Russell [[Camp Liberty killings|opened fire on Camp Liberty with an M16A2 rifle]] and shot dead five U.S. military personnel. Russell pleaded guilty to five counts of premeditated murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Eric M. |date=May 16, 2013 |title=Soldier who killed fellow U.S. troops in Iraq gets life sentence |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iraq-courtmartial-idUSBRE94F0G620130516 |access-date=May 29, 2022}}</ref>
* September 7, 2010: An [[Iraqi Ground Forces|Iraqi soldier]] pulled out his weapon and opened fire on a group of U.S. soldiers after getting into an argument with one of them, leaving two dead and nine injured before the Iraqi was shot dead.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/09/07/iraq.us.soldiers/index.html |title=Iraqi soldier kills 2 U.S. soldiers |date=September 7, 2010 |work=CNN}}</ref>
* September 23, 2010: United States Army Spc. Neftaly Platero shot dead two of his roommates and injured another who he had arguments with in [[Fallujah]]. In June 2013 he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-soldier-charged-with-killing-fellow-troops/ |title=U.S. Soldier Charged with Killing Fellow Troops |date=October 20, 2010 |work=CBS}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.uap.org/post/the-case-of-us-army-specialist-neftaly-platero/ |title=The Case Of US Army Specialist Neftaly Platero |date=October 5, 2022 |work=United States Patriot}}</ref>
* June 12, 2011: An Iraqi soldier killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded a third after smuggling real bullets into a U.S. base training centre: he was immediately killed by U.S. soldiers managing the training event.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2011/1/15/iraqi-soldier-shoots-dead-us-troops |title=Iraqi soldier shoots dead US troops |date=September 15, 2011 |work=Al Jazeera}}</ref>