An ex-special forces member, who once served on Malcolm Turnbull’s security detail in Iraq, has been detained after the shooting death of another Australian security contractor at the Australian embassy in Baghdad.
Sun McKay was in the same room and drinking with the victim when he was killed on Thursday; in a statement, McKay said the pair were playing video games when the man suddenly grabbed his own weapon and shot himself.
That possibility hasn’t been ruled out by investigators, and Australian Federal Police are currently on their way to the facility.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports numerous possibilities are under examination, considering the unclear circumstances of the man’s death.
In recent months, it’s been reported the Australian-based company has reduced pay for workers, and that the Government officials have slammed accusations URG is a “cut-price security system”.
