Former Blackwater guard convicted of instigating mass shooting in Iraq

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Former Blackwater guard convicted of instigating mass shooting in Iraq
Michael Collins

WASHINGTON – A former Blackwater Worldwide security guard has been convicted a second time on a charge that he instigated a mass shooting in Iraq more than a decade ago.

A federal jury convicted Nick Slatten of Sparta, Tennessee, on Wednesday on a murder charge for his role in a deadly shooting rampage that killed 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians and wounded 17 others. It was the third time Slatten had stood trial on the charge.

Jurors deliberated for four days before returning their verdict, which came at the close of a six-week trial in U.S. District Court in Washington – and just three months after a previous trial on the same charge ended in a hung jury.

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