Controversy in UK: Soldiers filmed shooting a portrait of Jeremy Corbyn

The UK Ministry of Defense has opened an investigation after transcending social networks a video showing British soldiers in Afghanistan shooting with a portrait of British Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn, according to the chain Sky.

In the video distributed on Snapchat, you can see Four United Kingdom Army soldiers in an improvised shooting stand in Kabul firing with pistols. When they finish, the camera turns to show the target: a portrait of Corbyn's great proportions. The complete sequence occurs with an epigraph: "Happy with that" or "happy with that"

Judging by the appearance of the weapons and the impact of the firing, it seems that these are training guns that shoot red paintballs, according to many reports in the British press.

The Ministry of Defense has confirmed the existence of the video, which he describes as "totally unacceptable" and "far from the high standards that the army waits for". He also indicated that opened an investigationaccording to Sky.

The correspondent of the channel specializing in defense, Alistair Bunkall, explained on his Twitter account that The incident occurred in a British army base in the Afghan capitalin an area where troops generally Exercises of the "guardian angel" type, that is to say the protection of important personalities.

That's why it's usually in this place there are portraits of large proportions of politicians and celebritiesalthough it is never intended to shoot them.

According to the newspaper L & # 39; Independentthe video was recently recorded and the troops belong to a paratrooper regiment for the Afghan capital. The United Kingdom maintains a troop presence in the country since the 2001 invasion by a US-led coalition, who overthrew the Taliban government and opened an era of enduring violence and instability.

The images caused a scandal in the UK, which goes through the difficult process of negotiating an exit agreement from the European Union in the context of Brexit. In this regard, the planned departure date was respected last week and the government of Theresa May, whose plan has acceptedin Brussels was rejected three times in parliamenthad to ask for an extension.

In this context, Corbyn is the leader of the Labor Party and one of the main figures of opposition to the Conservative government, as well as an eternal candidate for the post of Prime Minister.

In addition, he is a hard-pressed figure in the armed forces for his opposition to British interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, your comments about the IRA in Northern Ireland and more particularly his critics of the Trident nuclear missile program.

In this regard, a general had already said in 2015 that Corbyn would face a "mutiny" and "generalized resignations" in the army when he became prime minister, and the leader of the opposition has already been threatened with death.

A Labor Party spokesman said the troops' behavior was "alarming and unacceptable". "We trust the Ministry of Defense to investigate and act on the incident", he added, according to L & # 39; s independent.

While Labor MP Alex Sobel asked: "How can it be that serving soldiers make the use of Jeremy Corbyn, the opposition leader, acceptable as a training target?".