Fort Hood shooter faces bedside hearing: lawyer
AFP
WASHINGTON- The army psychiatrist accused of a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood military base in Texas will have his first pre-trial court hearing Saturday in his hospital room, his lawyer's office told AFP.
Major Nidal Hasan, who has been charged with 13 counts of pre-meditated murder, will have a confinement hearing at the Brook Army Medical Center near San Antonio, Texas, said a representative for attorney John Galligan, who asked not to be named.
Hasan is paralyzed below the waist from being shot several times after he allegedly opened fire on a crowd of his fellow soldiers.
The November 5 rampage in the troops readiness center also left 42 people wounded.
"His medical condition is still extremely serious," Galligan said last week, adding Hasan was confused and his speech is a "little garbled."
Hasan, who has already been read the charges against him, is being investigated for links to militant Islam and will be tried in a military court for the fatal shootings of 12 soldiers and one civilian.
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