The Netherlands' defense minister and the country's military chief both resigned Tuesday night following a critical report into a 2016 artillery training accident that killed 2 peacekeeping troops and wounded a third. "I have put my heart and soul into serving in the defense ministry," she told lawmakers. Hennis-Plasschaert, who served as minister for five years, told lawmakers that Defense Chief Gen. Tom Middendorp also was resigning. The report said that the two soldiers were killed instantly when a mortar shell exploded prematurely during a training exercise near a Dutch military base in Kidal, Mali. One populist lawmaker, Thierry Baudet, took part in the debate wearing a military vest that he said is issued to Dutch troops.

Source: ABC News October 03, 2017 19:25 UTC