A former security guard for the U.S. firm Blackwater was found guilty of murder on Wednesday for his role in a notorious massacre of unarmed civilians in downtown Baghdad in 2007.
Nicholas Slatten, 35, was convicted of first-degree murder by a federal jury in U.S. District Court in Washington after five days of deliberations.
Slatten was convicted of killing Ahmed Haithem Ahmed Al Rubia'y, 19, an aspiring doctor who was one of more than a dozen civilians killed by Blackwater guards in Baghdad's Nisour Square on September 16, 2007.
Nicholas Slatten, 35, was convicted of first-degree murder by a federal jury in U.S. District Court in Washington after five days of deliberations. Slatten is seen above in Washington, D.C. on June 11, 2014
Slatten is pictured top left with his comrades in the 82nd Airborne during his first tour of duty in Iraq in 2003
Slatten is seen left with his father, Darrell, after he returned from his second tour of duty in Iraq
While escorting a diplomatic convoy, Blackwater guards opened fire in the bustling square with sniper rifles, machine guns and grenade launchers - allegedly without provocation - leaving at least 14 civilians dead and at least 18 wounded.
The Iraqi government says the toll was higher.
The shooting deepened the resentment of Americans in Iraq four years after U.S. forces toppled dictator Saddam Hussein and raised questions about the expanded use of armed contract guards by the US government.
Slatten was convicted of killing Ahmed Haithem Ahmed Al Rubia'y, 19, (pictured) an aspiring doctor who was one of more than a dozen civilians killed by Blackwater guards in Baghdad's Nisour Square on September 16, 2007
The US Attorney's Office presented testimony from 34 witnesses during the trial, including four who came to the United States from Iraq to testify.
According to the government's evidence, Slatten, of Sparta, Tennessee, was the first to open fire.
No date was set for his sentencing. The U.S. Attorney's Office said the murder charge calls for a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
It was Slatten's third trial on the charges. His first conviction was thrown out and the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict at his second trial.
Slatten was one of four Blackwater guards who were found guilty in 2014.
He was originally sentenced to life in prison while the three others were given 30-year prison sentences
An appeals court has ordered that the three other Blackwater guards be resentenced.
They are currently in custody pending resentencing.
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Main photo article A former security guard for the U.S. firm Blackwater was found guilty of murder on Wednesday for his role in a notorious massacre of unarmed civilians in downtown Baghdad in 2007.
Nicholas Slatten, 35, was convicted of first-degree murder by a federal jury in U.S. District Court in Washington...
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