The incident was investigated by the Australian Defence Force, who concluded that Mohammad had been killed in self-defence based on false testimony from the soldiers involved.
Video footage of the shooting acquired by ABC TV was later broadcast as part of the documentary "Killing Field", leading to a renewed investigation.
In March 2023, Australian SAS veteran Oliver Schulz was arrested and charged with murder for his alleged role in the shooting.
[2] In May 2012, soldiers from 3-Squadron Special Air Service Regiment were dispatched to the Afghan village of Deh Jawz-e Hasanzai in search of a suspected insurgent.
The patrol scout (referred to in the media as "Soldier C") headed into the field with a dog handler, whose helmet camera recorded the entire incident.
The episode included the helmet cam footage of Mohammad's shooting, which narrator Mark Willacy described as a war crime.
[10][12] After his arrest, Schulz requested that he be released pending trial due to the possibility that Muslim extremists could harm him while in prison.