TWELVE people have been killed and dozens injured in a mass shooting at a military base in the US.

TWELVE people have been killed and dozens injured in a mass shooting at a military base in the US.

Lieutenant General Bob Cone, of Fort Hood in Texas, said a gunman open fired inside a station at which soldiers are readied for deployment to Afghanistan.

The killer, believed to be a member of the US army, was shot dead at the scene. Two other suspects have been arrested in relation to the incident.