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| Sandhurst: Police to investigate 'waterboarding' claims | Sandhurst: Police to investigate 'waterboarding' claims |
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| Military police are investigating claims that two cadets "waterboarded" a fellow recruit at Sandhurst. | Military police are investigating claims that two cadets "waterboarded" a fellow recruit at Sandhurst. |
| The Sun reported two officer cadets allegedly held down an individual, covered his face with a cloth and poured water over it, creating the sensation of drowning. | The Sun reported two officer cadets allegedly held down an individual, covered his face with a cloth and poured water over it, creating the sensation of drowning. |
| The alleged incident is said to have taken place on 7 August. | The alleged incident is said to have taken place on 7 August. |
| Deputy Commandant of the Royal Military Academy in Berkshire Brig Bill Wright said he was "aware of the allegations". | |
| He said he expected "the highest standards of behaviour at Sandhurst" and had therefore "ordered an investigation by the Royal Military Police". | |
| Anyone found to have "fallen short" of those expectations would be "dealt with robustly" - and could be dismissed, he added. | |
| Waterboarding was used as an interrogation process by the CIA in the US, after the attacks on New York and Washington in 2001. | |
| It was banned as an interrogation technique in 2009 by then US President Barack Obama. | |
| Both the Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex attended Sandhurst, where all officers in the Army are trained. | Both the Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex attended Sandhurst, where all officers in the Army are trained. |