Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. Army soldier serving a prison sentence for helping leak classified U.S. government information, was released Wednesday from a prison hospital after attempting suicide by hanging, media reports said.

According to CNN, U.S. Army spokesman Col. Patrick Seiber said Manning was taken to the hospital yesterday to be monitored. He also said that decision was made after the attempted suicide.

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