Threat To Bomb Courthouse Near Fort Hood Unless Officials Meet Demands Of Defendant Nidal Hassan
BELTON, Texas (AP) — Someone threatened to bomb a county courthouse near Fort Hood unless officials met the “demands” of the Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 shooting rampage on the Texas Army post, a sheriff said Wednesday.
After the Wednesday morning call that mentioned Maj. Nidal Hasan, law officers evacuated the historic courthouse and Bell County Justice Center, but found nothing after searching extensively with bomb-sniffing dogs, Bell County Sheriff Eddy Lange said. The jail was put on lockdown.
Employees were allowed back inside the buildings a few hours later. The time that the caller said the bomb would explode at the courthouse had long expired, said city of Belton spokesman Paul Romer.
Bell County has a contract with nearby Fort Hood to house all of its defendants, including Hasan, because the Army post does not have holding facilities.
Wild Thing’s comment……………..
I wish they could just shoot him he is a terrorist and has killed on our soil, at a military base. How much more proof do they need. .
Funny how they wasted no time in trying Sgt Bales who killed those Afghan civilians.
That this pretrial has lasted these many years is a travesty. There is no counter evidence to his cold blooded murder spree as a muslim. Dammit Army, if you can’t get your legal beagle shit together, turn the muslim bastard over to the state of Texas. I guarantee you Texas AG Greg Abbott will attend to the s.o.b. in an expeditious manner.