WASHINGTON - A US soldier has been charged with two counts of premeditated murder in an incident in Kuwait where grenades were rolled into tents of fellow soldiers, the US military says.
Sergeant Hasan Akbar, 32, assigned to the 101st Airborne Division in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, was charged on March 25with two counts of premeditated murder, 17 counts of attempted murder, one count of aggravated arson and one count of misbehavior as a sentinel, a statement from Fort Campbell said.
Two US soldiers were killed after grenades were lobbed into three tents at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait on March 23.
Akbar was returned to the United States on March 28 and was being held at a military confinement facility, the statement said.
The military investigation of the incident continues. "Given present combat operations, the time necessary to complete the investigation of the March 23 incident and process the charges preferred against Sgt Akbar is uncertain," the statement said.
