Six Scottish soldiers arrested for beating off duty NYPD officer

UK soldiers suspected of beating NYC cop outside bar
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By Alexander Smith
NBC News contributor September 2, 2013

An off-duty New York police officer was allegedly assaulted and robbed outside a Manhattan bar by six soldiers from a Scottish regiment who were in town on a rugby tour, police said Monday.

One of the soldiers, of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, is said to have snatched the 21-year-old officer's cell phone while the other five are suspected of assault.

A friend of the officer was also alleged assaulted.

"A verbal confrontation escalated into a physical confrontation," a New York Police Department said.

"Words were said and the situation became aggressive.

"Somebody tried to de-escalate things but then the fight started. It is not clear what was said between the men.
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