THE military psychiatrist accused of shooting 13 people dead during a rampage at a US army base is awake and talking, hospital staff said.
Major Nidal Malik Hasan was in a coma after being shot several times by a civilian police officer responding to the attack at Fort Hood in Texas last Thursday.
But officials at the Brooke Army Medical Centre in San Antonio confirmed he was conscious. Maria Gallegos, spokeswoman for the hospital, said: “He is conversing with the medical staff.”
Ms Gallegos added that she was not sure if the suspect had spoken to investigators yet.
