Fragging in June was first reported by military as an indirect-fire attack

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Article 32 hearing on hold for GI accused of killing officers in Iraq


The Article 32 hearing for a soldier accused of killing two of his superior officers on a U.S. base near Tikrit has been delayed, officials said this weekend.

Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez, formerly of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 42nd Infantry Division (Mechanized), was to appear in a military courtroom Monday. But the hearing was delayed indefinitely at the request of his defense lawyers.

“A new date for the hearing has not been determined,” according to a military release.

Martinez faces two counts of premeditated murder in the June 7 killings of Capt. Phillip T. Esposito and 1st Lt. Louis E. Allen.

Their deaths were originally described by the military as an indirect-fire attack on Forward Operating Base Danger, headquarters of the New York National Guard division. A few days later, though, the military said it had opened a criminal investigation.