Wikileaks whistle-blower Chelsea Manning hospitalised after suicide attempt, CNN reports

US soldier Chelsea Manning, imprisoned for handing over classified files to whistle-blower website WikiLeaks, was hospitalised this week, her attorney said amid after media reports that Manning had attempted to commit suicide.

The Army confirmed Manning, 28, who was born male but identifies as a woman, had been released back into custody from the hospital, American Civil Liberties Union attorney Chase Strangio said. Manning’s medical condition was not released.

Manning was taken to a hospital near the US Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, early on Tuesday, US Army spokesman Colonel Patrick Seiber said.

CNN, citing Seiber and an unnamed official, reported that she was taken to a hospital after an apparent attempt to take her own life.

“Reports of Chelsea’s suicide attempt are unconfirmed,” Strangio wrote on Twitter. “We just know that she was taken to the hospital and are trying to learn more.”

Seiber said that officials continue to monitor the inmate’s condition.