Army major accused of murders may be paralysed

THE army psychiatrist accused in the fatal shootings at Fort Hood may be paralysed from the waist down after being shot multiple times during the attack, his attorney said yesterday.

Civilian attorney John Galligan said Maj Nidal Malik Hasan told him that he had no feeling in his legs and extreme pain in his hands.

Hasan, who was shot four times by civilian police officers, said doctors told him the condition may never improve.