Fort Hood Massacre Trial Begins With Nidal Hasan Stating That ‘I Am The Shooter’

Defiant Hasan Tells Fort Hood Trial 'I Am The Shooter' -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Nidal Hasan, a former U.S. army psychiatrist accused of murdering 13 fellow soldiers and wounding dozens more in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood four years ago, told a court on Tuesday that the evidence would clearly show "I am the shooter."

Hasan, who is confined to a wheelchair after being shot by military police during the attack, is representing himself in the trial at the Texas army base.

In a brief opening statement on the first day of the trial, he said witnesses would testify that "war is an ugly thing," with death and devastation on both sides.

"Evidence from this trial will only show one side. I was on the wrong side but I switched sides," Hasan, an American-born Muslim, said in a roughly two minute-long opening statement.

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