Army adds charges against Afghan shooting suspect Staff Sgt. Bales
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The Army has dropped a murder charge, but added others, including steroid use, against a soldier accused in a deadly shooting rampage in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is now accused of gunning down 16 civilians in pre-dawn raid on two Afghan villages in March.
Bales attorney Emma Scanlan says she received the new charges Friday and there
is nothing surprising in them.
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There had been talk for some time that the number of victims in the massacre had been over-counted by one.
Bales now faces 16 counts of premeditated murder; six of attempted murder; seven of assault; one of possessing steroids; one of using steroids; one of destroying a laptop computer; one of burning bodies; and one of using alcohol.