WASHINGTON (AP) — The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in more than 65 years after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had described it as being “public.” The Army announced this week that the execution…
President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of former U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, nearly 17 years after Hasan carried out the November 5, 2009, mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday said the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter, former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, will be open to the public, a new revelation to the first U.S. military execution in over six decades. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist who opened fire at Fort Hood in Texas in…
'And it’s gonna be soldiers with rifles executing the firing squad'
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
The execution of Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed Dec. 3, according to a Defense Department official.
Lawmakers branded the move as ‘disturbing’ and compared it to the actions of some terror groups and oppressive governmentsHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.The Pentagon’s plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, a former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, has received fierce criticism from across the political…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad will be shown publicly on Dec. 3, and a Pentagon official later told CBS News the U.S. military plans to livestream it. Hasan is the ex-Army major who was convicted of the 2009 killing of 13 people at Fort Hood. Charlie D'Agata reports.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he wanted to ensure ‘people are able to watch it.’
The Pentagon confirms Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution will be livestreamed, according to a Pentagon official.
