Wounded solders recall fort massacre terror

A soldier shot five times said he locked eyes with Fort Hood massacre suspect Nidal Hasan after the US Army psychiatrist cried “Allahu Akbar” and fired into a crowd of troops preparing for deployment.

A soldier shot five times said he locked eyes with Fort Hood massacre suspect Nidal Hasan after the US Army psychiatrist cried “Allahu Akbar” and fired into a crowd of troops preparing for deployment.

Sgt Alonzo Lunsford told the major’s trial that the light from a laser-guided weapon soon trained on him, and he closed his eyes before being shot in the head.

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