The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation after a video emerged on social media showing members of the parachute regiment firing at a poster of Jeremy Corbyn at a target range in Kabul.
The leaked video shows four soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, firing simulation weapons at an image of the Labour leader, which is studded with bullet marks. Its emergence has provoked safety fears from Labour and other politicians, at a time when feelings are running high over the Brexit debate.
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