Media Room: Defence Alert

MINISTER FOR DEFENCE STATEMENT ON FORT HOOD

Shootings at Fort Hood today resulted in the loss of 12 lives and the wounding of 31 people.   

Fort Hood is a United States Army post located outside of Killeen, Texas.

That so many people were killed is a terrible tragedy

Our thoughts are with their family and colleagues at this time.

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Michael Nguyen (John Faulkner):          02 6277 7800 or 0429 571 843

Defence Media Liaison:                         02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664