Houston: The US shooter accused of killing 13 and injuring more than 30 at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas in 2009 admitted to committing the violence in front of a jury.
"The evidence will clearly show that I am the shooter," Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a 42-year-old army psychiatrist, told the jury Tuesday, Xinhua reported.
"I apologise for any mistakes in this endeavour," he said.
The American-born muslim wanted to argue that he shot the US troops to protect Taliban fighters in Afghanistan from the US assaults. But the judge forbade him from using that defence.
Hasan was interrogated before the jurors in a wheelchair as he was shot in the back by military police during the rampage and was paralysed from the waist down.
Hasan fired his lawyers and acted as his own attorney. He released several statements prior to the trial, explaining his motive and criticising the US government's "anti-Islam" policies.
He faces 13 charges of pre-meditated murder and 32 charges of attempted pre-meditated murder in the November 2009 attack at the Texas Army base.
Comments
| Quick linksNews
National
International
Regional
Politics
Education & Career
Business
Science & Technology
Health
Views & Analysis
The Funny Side
© 2012 Awaz Multimedia & Publications. All rights reserved.
Soldiers' killing: Pakistan, India speak over hotline
Top military commanders of Pakistan and India Wednesday spoke on hotline to reduce tensions along the Line of Control (LoC), military sources said following ...... More
Also Read: Pakistan denies killing Indian soldiers
'Not IAS Durga Shakti, another official razed mosque wall'Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Zevar and not suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, who was SDM..... More
Also Read: Uttar Pradesh minister calls suspended IAS Durga Shakti a liar
If the hon'ble judge had visited the building he could have found that the building has only one exit which was manned by police and there was no possibility to escape by jumping. In such case the accused either had to be caught or had to be shot. The escape theory put up by the police does .... More
"If this activity is going on in Punjab's prisons, it's a very dangerous thing and has implications for our national security. A number of Pakistani prisoners and those linked with the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) are lodged in these prisoners. Though the social networking sites, these prisoners can link to their ..... More
