By msnbc.com
Two UK soldiers serving in Afghanistan have been arrested after they allegedly encouraged two children to touch them inappropriately through their clothes, a British newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The Sun reported that Prime Minister David Cameron was "deeply shocked" in the wake of claims that the pair, a sergeant and a private, filmed the separate incidents involving a boy and girl aged around 10.? The two then reportedly showed the footage to other servicemen, the newspaper reported.?
Defense officials who informed Cameron of the allegations told him that the pair had been arrested, The Sun reported.
The U.K.'s Ministry of Defense said it was taking the allegations "extremely seriously."
"We are aware that an allegation has been made concerning alleged inappropriate behaviour by two servicemen in Afghanistan. The Royal Military Police (Special Investigations Branch) has launched an investigation into this," it said in a statement to msnbc.com. "It would be inappropriate to comment further while an investigation is ongoing."
The allegations come just days after the American military was hit by video showing Marines urinating on Taliban corpses.?
F. Brinley Bruton, London-based senior writer and editor
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