Robert Bales and the Afghan villager shootings – in pictures

Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, shown in a US army photograph, has been named as the soldier suspected of massacring 16 Afghan villagers Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features

Staff Sergeant Robert Bales is shown taking part in an exercise at the army national training centre at Fort Irwin, California Photograph: Spc Ryan Hallock/AP

Robert Bales during an army exercise at Fort Irwin, California Photograph: Spc Ryan Hallock/AFP

A reporter outside the empty home of Robert Bales in Bonney Lake, Washington. The military says it has moved his family to a secure location for their protection Photograph: Anthony Bolante/Reuters

The front porch of Robert Bales's empty house Photograph: Ted S Warren/AP

A van believed to be carrying Robert Bales leaves Kansas City international airport. The army has confirmed he is being held at Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas Photograph: Ed Zurga/AP

John Henry Browne, the lawyer representing Robert Bales, gives a press conference in Seattle Photograph: Ted S Warren/AP

An Afghan woman with the body of her grandchild, one of the alleged victims of Robert Bales Photograph: Allauddin Khan/AP

One of the locations were Afghan villagers were killed in Panjwai, Kandahar province Photograph: Allauddin Khan/AP

Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, prays with local leaders and relatives of the victims during a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul Photograph: Corbis

US and Afghan soldiers stand guard at their base in Panjwai in the aftermath of the civilian massacre Photograph: Allauddin Khan/AP