SNIPER suspect John Allen Muhammad was indicted yesterday on capital murder and five other charges in two shootings in Virginia.

Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad was indicted today on capital murder and five other charges in two shootings in Virginia.

The 17-year-old suspect in the Washington sniper murders may have fired the shot that killed an FBI analyst, it emerged today, raising the possibility that the death penalty could be brought against both suspects.

Police hunting a sniper who has terrorised the Washington area were today searching for a white van spotted leaving the scene of a seventh murder.

Parents in the suburbs around Washington anguished over their children’s safety today after a sniper, who murdered six adults last week, critically wounded a schoolboy.