Hasan Charged With 13 Counts of Murder in Ft. Hood Attack

CARLA BARANAUCKAS
The New York Times
November 12, 2009

[efoods]Military prosecutors have charged Maj. Nadil Malik Hasan with 13 counts of premeditated murder in last week’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Tex., a spokesman for the Army criminal investigation division said Thursday.

Major Hasan, 39, an Army psychiatrist, is accused of opening fire with two handguns in a Soldier Medical Readiness Center, where troops receive medical attention before being deployed or after returning from overseas.

Of the 13 people who were killed last Thursday, four were officers, eight were enlisted soldiers and one was a civilian. Major Hasan was eventually subdued by civilian police.

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