LONDON - EIGHT British soldiers have been forced to return home
from Norway after they reportedly stripped naked and urinated on each
other in a bar during an Arctic training exercise,
the defence ministry confirmed on Tuesday.
'It's being taken extremely seriously,' a spokesman for the
defence ministry in London said.
He continued: 'We can confirm that eight soldiers from 59
Commando Regiment Royal Engineers were arrested by the Norwegian
police following inappropriate behaviour.
'All eight soldiers have been released, having paid a fine. The
soldiers were in Norway on exercises and have now returned to the
UK.
'The unit will consider internal disciplinary action against the
soldiers regarding this incident.'
The Daily Mail newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing local media
reports, that the men had carried out their antics on Feb 27 at the
Sfinx Bar in the town of Harstad.
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arrested by local police later in the evening.
'They were drunk and there was a problem in the bar, but we are
quite used to dealing with British soldiers like this,' Harstad
police spokesman Gair Pederson was quoted by the Daily Mail as
saying. -- AFP
