Plot to attack Fort Hood – US serviceman in custody

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A 21 year-old U.S. serviceman

who planned to attack

Fort Hood, Texas, arrested

Fort Hood plotter arrested in Killeen, Texas

An AWOL U.S. soldier who allegedly planned an attack on the U.S. Army base at Fort Hood, Texas is in custody,.

The 21-year-old accused was arrested after buying guns near the base and was found with bomb-making materials, officials reportedly said. The private first class allegedly told law enforcement officers he was at the base to “get even”, media reported.

Fort Hood was the scene of a gun rampage in 2009 that claimed 13 lives.

The man arrested on Wednesday in the city of Killeen, Texas, is currently being held on an unrelated child pornography charge, according to law enforcement officials.

A statement on the Fort Hood website acknowledged the soldier’s arrest.

It said: “We are aware at this time that Killeen Police Department arrested a soldier yesterday.

“The incident leading to the arrest did not occur on Fort Hood and the soldier was not a Fort Hood-based soldier.”

FBI agent Eric Vasys told Reuters news agency that the detainee had been missing from work at the Fort Campbell military base in Kentucky, near Fort Hood.

The Army private is reportedly a Muslim American who had refused to deploy to Iraq. He was arrested after police in Killeen received a call from the owner of a gun store about a suspicious man, a defence official told the CNN news network.

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rightrobert
12 years ago

His mind was probably twisted by reading the liberal media.

Bradley scott
Reply to  rightrobert
12 years ago

Uh-huh. What twisted yours?

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