Sergeant Paul Breitkreutz, of Stuart police, said the soldiers tied a rope around a kitten's neck then dragged it along a bitumen road.
He said the kitten survived but was then placed behind a vehicle's rear wheel. When the vehicle's handbrake was released, it rolled back and crushed the kitten to death.
The three other kittens were then thrown one by one onto the road, where fuel was poured over them and they were set alight, Sgt Breitkreutz said.
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