Massacre At Fort Hood. 13 Dead, 31 Wounded

The sun sets as the media wait for a briefing on the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)

Gunman Kills 11 In Shooting Rampage At Fort Hood Army Base -- Yahoo News/Reuters

HOUSTON (Reuters) – An Army psychiatrist who had treated soldiers wounded in foreign wars opened fire with two handguns on soldiers preparing for foreign deployment at the Fort Hood U.S. Army post in Texas on Thursday, killing 11 and wounding 31.

U.S. officials identified the gunman, who was killed, as Major Nidal Malik Hasan. A cousin of the shooter, Nader Hasan, told Fox news that he had been ordered to serve a term in Iraq and had been resisting such a deployment.

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