Afghan man charged in US National Guard shooting hospitalized

WASHINGTON: An Afghan man awaiting trial for allegedly shooting two members of the National Guard near the White House has been hospitalized after refusing food, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. Rahmanullah Lakanwal pleaded not guilty in December to murder and firearms charges in the November attack which killed one member of the National Guard and seriously wounded the other. District Judge Amit Mehta said at an emergency court hearing on Thursday that Lakanwal had been admitted to a Washington hospital this week after refusing food and sometimes water.

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