The man accused of shooting two members of the National Guard in an attack in the United States capital of Washington, DC has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and assault.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national, appeared remotely for his first court appearance on Tuesday via video from a hospital bed, wearing a hospital gown and struggling to keep his eyes open. Lakanwal was also shot in the incident , and his lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.

A judge in Washington said that the Wednesday shooting caused “sheer terror” in the country’s capital and ordered that Lakanwal, who formerly served with a CIA-trained unit in his native Afghanistan during the US occupation of that country, be held without bond.

Two members of the National Guard,

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