2 U.S. Navy sailors fatally shot at base

A male sailor shot and killed two female sailors in the barracks of the U.S. Naval Support Activity Bahrain base, officials said.

The suspect was critically wounded, said a Navy official who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.

A State Department official in Washington said that although initial reports suggested the incident might have involved a love triangle, it now appeared that a jilted boyfriend shot his ex-girlfriend and then himself.

It was not clear how the second woman might have been involved, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still underway. No names were released.