Something similar happened to a Dutch Marine who was
prosecuted for the acidental death of an Iraqi. The Iraqi
ignored warnings of the marine, who then fired a round
to the ground, it ricocheted and mortally wounded the Iraqi.
IMHO a case of bad luck combined with the idea "if he would
have listened the marine wouldn't have had to fire the warning
shot" but the civvy prosecutor thought otherwise.
It took too long, got too much media coverage and made me
angry. Why does a desk jockey in some safe office
have so much power and authority over some things happening
in the a#$-hole of the world, where good people do things to
make them safely go to bed every night.
Those people should be sent to a war zone with a big
"kick me" sign.