07 November 2009 - 00H07
- shootings - soldiers - USA

Army psychiatrist kills 13 at Fort Hood army base

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a 39-year-old specialist in combat stress who had been ordered to deploy to Afghanistan against his will, shot dead 13 people in Fort Hood, USA. Today's Focus looks at how this tragedy happened.

Today’s Focus guests are Ernesto HAIBI, army Doctor who worked at Fort Hood with the alleged suspect, and Guillaume Meyer, FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Washington.


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