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Footage Emerges Of 'Soldiers Drinking Human Waste' At Barracks Party

A number of British Army soldiers could face disciplinary action after footage emerged appearing to show troops at Britain's largest Army base bare-knuckle boxing and drinking human waste.

Military police will reportedly investigate the two-minute film, said to have been shot during a monthly 'party' called 'Broadmoor Night', after MoD top brass ordered an immediate inquiry, according to the Daily Star.

The as yet unverified video, which was uploaded to the internet via the Snapchat mobile app, is said to have been filmed last week at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire.

Professional head of the British Army, General Sir Nick Carter, said in a tweet:

I am disgusted by these photos; facts now being determined. @BritishArmy must live by our values and standards. https://t.co/LIhgfzUSAT
— Gen Nick Carter (@ArmyCGS) May 16, 2016

The footage shows soldiers in civilian clothes cheering as naked men crawl on the floor during what are said to be drinking games.

They kneel down to apparently drink human waste from cups, while others are sick into a plastic box after being encouraged to follow suit.

Men are also seen with blood on their chests after taking part in bare-knuckle boxing fights.

It's been claimed the event, which starts after a wooden Broadmoor plaque is hung up in the barracks, is named after Broadmoor psychiatric hospital, as it lets soldiers 'go mental', let off steam and 'weed out the men from the boys'.

Colonel Richard Kemp, who commanded British forces in Afghanistan, said:

"When you get a lot of men together who are pretty aggressive and military trained, rowdy behaviour often takes place in a way which other people would not find acceptable."

"However, it seems on this occasion, the line has been crossed with intolerable behaviour and I know that the Army would take action if they knew this was going on. Daring or bullying others to join in with this type of behaviour is certainly overstepping the line."

Soldiers found to have committed an offence under the Armed Forces Act, or to have fallen short of the Army’s standards, can be dealt with administratively, up to and including dismissal, or through the disciplinary process. An Army spokesperson said:

"We expect very high standards of behaviour of our personnel and take reports of this nature very seriously.

"This behaviour is unacceptable and if these allegations are true then appropriate action will be taken."

It comes after three Royal Marines were sentenced to military detention for subjecting a young colleague to "40 minutes of depravity and naked humiliation", meanwhile.