Soldier kills 3, wounds 16 at U.S. base

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Soldier kills 3, wounds 16 at U.S. base

WASHINGTON -- An American soldier has shot and killed three people and wounded 16 before he committed suicide in the Fort Hood military base.

Five years ago, Major Nidal Hasan killed 13 people at the same base in Texas.

Of the 16 injured at least four are in a critical condition, according to doctors. All of the victims were soldiers.

The attacker spent four months in Iraq in 2011 and had "psychological problems", particularly depression, from which he was being treated, said the commander of the base, and added that "at this point there is no indication that the attack was linked to terrorism."

Fort Hood, the largest ibase n the United States, remained blocked for several hours before security measures were lifted.

U.S. President Barack Obama said in a statement from Chicago said that this event "reopens the pain of what happened at Fort Hood five years ago."

"We're heartbroken that something like this might have happened again," he said.

"We don't yet know what happened tonight, but obviously that sense of safety has been broken once again," Obama said.

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