and children in southern afghanistan. he is staff sergeant robert bales, the military reported that 16 afghan civilians died in the shooting spree early this month but today officials charged the soldier with 17 counts of premeditated murder and have not revealed many details how the number went up. the suspect faces six counts of attempted murder and six counts of aggravated assault and remains in custody at maximum security prison in for the kansas prison. he could face the death penalty but this is unlikely. jennifer, describe the situation at for the leavenworth. reporter: a jag officer entered his sale and read him the charges not long ago at for the leavenworth and we now have a press release the charge have been read. a formality. a a a prelude to the military laying out case. he is still in shock. he did not know the nature of the specific allegations when we met and i didn t go through it. we just spent 11 hours getting to know each other talking about his servi
changes everything. this is studio b. but, first from fox at 3:00 the u.s. army officially filed murder charges against the american soldier accused in the brutal massacre of men, women, and children in southern afghanistan. he is staff sergeant robert bales, the military reported that 16 afghan civilians died in the shooting spree early this month but today officials charged the soldier with 17 counts of premeditated murder and have not revealed many details how the number went up. the suspect faces six counts of attempted murder and six counts of aggravated assault and remains in custody at maximum security prison in for the kansas prison. he could face the death penalty but this is unlikely. jennifer, describe the situation at for the leavenworth. reporter: a jag officer entered his sale and read him the charges not long ago at for the leavenworth and we now have a press release the charge have been read. a formality. a a a prelude to the military laying out case.
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