Thirteen people have been killed and 30 injured after a soldier opened fire on colleagues at Fort Hood army base in the United States.
The gunman, Nidal Malik Hasan, a 39-year-old major, used two handguns and was eventually shot himself. He was not killed and is in a stable condition in hospital.
Two other suspects in the case were earlier arrested but army sources now say there was only one gunman.
Major Hasan, who is of Jordanian origin, worked as an army psychiatrist and was about to be deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. No details about his possible motive have been released, but he is said to have been trying to avoid the deployment.
At a press conference, US President Barack Obama called the drama a horrific outburst of violence.
Fort Hood is the world's largest military base, with about 40,000 people working there.
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