Relatives tells of massacre find

A relative of victims who died in a massacre in southern Afghanistan told a US military hearing how he found their bodies piled together and on fire. The man, Khamal, gave evidence through an interpreter and by live video feed from Kandahar during a preliminary hearing for Staff Sgt Robert Bales, who is charged with 16 counts of premeditated murder over the March 11 attack on two villages. He faces the death penalty if convicted. Khamal described himself as a cousin of Mohammed Wazir. Six of Mr Wazir's seven children, his wife and mother were killed. Khamal told the hearing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, that he arrived at the compound to find Mr Wazir's mother's body in the doorway with a gunshot wound to her head. He said the bodies were found inside. Prosecutors say Ohio native Bales, 39, a father of two from Lake Tapps, Washington, wore a T-shirt, cape and night-vision goggles, but no body armour- when he slipped away from his remote post, Camp Belambay. He first attacked one village, returned to the base, and headed out again to attack another village, they say. In between, he woke a fellow soldier, reported what he had done, and said he was heading out...