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| Soldier kills three, wounds 16 before taking own life at Texas Army base | | Thursday, April 03, 2014 3:11 AM | |
|  By Lisa Maria Garza FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier shot dead three people and injured at least 16 on Wednesday before taking his own life at an Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, the site of another deadly rampage in 2009, U.S. officials said. The soldier, who was being treated for mental health problems, drove to two buildings on the base and opened fire before he was stopped by military police, in an incident that lasted between 15 and 20 minutes, Fort Hood commanding officer Mark Milley said. Security officials said preliminary information identified the gunman as Ivan Lopez, and the shooting was not linked to terrorism. U.S. President Barack Obama said he was "heartbroken" that another shooting had occurred at the Fort Hood Army base and described the situation there as fluid.
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| Two killed as trains collide in Uttar Pradesh | | Thursday, April 03, 2014 3:08 AM | |
| | Lucknow, April 3 (IANS) Two people were killed and over a dozen injured when two trains collided in Uttar Pradesh, officials said Thursday. |
| Shooter at Fort Hood Army base in Texas, injuries reported - police | | | By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - At least one gunman opened fire at Fort Hood on Wednesday, injuring an unknown number of people at the U.S. Army base in central Texas that was the scene of a shooting rampage in 2009, officials said. "There has been a shooting at Fort Hood and injuries are reported. News of the shooting, the third such incident at a military base in the United States in about six months, was being relayed to President Barack Obama, the White House said. "The president has been informed of reports of a shooting at Fort Hood. |
| Nearly 300 inmates used Chile quake to escape, many later surrendered | | | Nearly 300 female prisoners took advantage of a massive earthquake to escape from a jail in northern Chile, although many have since returned, authorities said on Wednesday. Local police said the prisoners fled after an offshore 8.2-magnitude earthquake that shook northern Chile on Tuesday, killing six people and triggering a tsunami with 2-meter (7-foot) waves. The jail, situated in the port town of Iquique, west of the Atacama Desert, was evacuated as it was at risk of being inundated by sea water. Gabriel Silber, a lawmaker in Chile's lower house of Congress said the women escaped when a prison wall collapsed. |
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