(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121110_robertbalescloseup.380;380;7;70;0.jpg)Handout / ReutersStaff Sgt. Robert Bales is seen during an exercise at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, in this Aug. 23, 2011, handout photo.By ReutersTACOMA, Washington - An Afghan villager and two of his sons, who survived a night-time shooting rampage in March, testified on Saturday that they saw only one U.S. soldier attacking their compound, backing the U.S. government's account.
A teenager said he had cried out "We are children, we are children" during the attack, but then saw the soldier shoot a child.
Military prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, accusing him of killing 16 villagers, mostly women and children, when he ventured out of his remote camp on two revenge-fueled forays over a five-hour period in March.
Follow @NBCNewsUS (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsUS)The shootings in Afghanistan's Kandahar province marked the worst case of civilian slaughter blamed on an individual U.S. soldier since the Vietnam War and damaged already strained U.S.-Afghan relations.
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He should be strung up by the balls for the gruesome act.