Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December
TL;DR
- Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist responsible for the Fort Hood massacre, will be executed by firing squad on December 3rd.
- This will be the first US military execution in over 60 years and is scheduled to be livestreamed.
- Pete Hegseth stated the execution will be public to demonstrate serious consequences for such attacks.
- Hasan killed 13 people and wounded dozens more in a 2009 attack, citing his opposition to soldiers deploying to Afghanistan.
- The Trump administration has sought to expedite capital punishment cases, with this execution being approved following Hasan exhausting his appeals.
- Investigators had previously found emails exchanged between Hasan and radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.