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SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- Worshippers at a Maryland mosque say the man accused in a Texas Army base shooting that killed 13 people was a shy member of their community.
Nidal Hasan used to regularly attend prayer services at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, Md.
On Friday, people at the center said they were shocked. They described Hasan as soft-spoken but said he expressed pride in his military service and was grateful for his Army medical education. The center's imam, Mohamed Abdullahi, told reporters Hasan sometimes came to prayers in uniform.
The imam told worshippers at a noon prayer service, "One of the brothers who used to pray here did what you heard on the news."
He urged worshippers to tell their non-Muslim neighbors that Islam was not responsible for the deaths.
