But only their senior abbot could do this and he told the soldiers they would have to kill him first.

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Shivers also was acquitted of attempting to kill four other soldiers and two pizza delivery men and torching a getaway car.

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At one point, he said, Serb soldiers fired over their heads and threatened to kill them all.

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He made a total of five trips into the kill zone - once on foot - to evacuate American and Afghan soldiers.

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