Distant cousin of US army gunman 'bewildered'

Reported by France 24 on Saturday, 7 November 2009 (on November 7, 2009)

A distant West Bank cousin of the army psychiatrist accused of a deadly shooting spree in Texas said on Saturday he was bewildered by the incident."We are an ordinary family that has not known violence or religious intolerance," said Mohammed Hasan, who does not know his cousin and alleged shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan.Nidal Hasan was born in the United States to parents who emigrated from a village outside Jerusalem and still has distant family in the area.

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