Trump orders firing squad for gunman who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered the use of a firing squad to execute the former U.S. Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in a 2009 shooting spree the gunman later described as retaliation for U.S. wars in the Muslim world, the Pentagon said on Monday. Putting former U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan to death by Army firing squad was approved by Trump at the…
President Donald Trump has authorized the use of a firing squad to execute former U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan, who carried out a 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others, the Pentagon announced on Monday. The decision was made at the recommendation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell.
The attack, which Hasan described as retaliation for U.S. wars in the Muslim world, was marked by the shooter shouting "Allahu Akbar" — an Arabic phrase meaning "God is greatest." The Secretary of the Army will determine the execution's timing and location, with death by firing squad being one of several capital punishment options recently expanded under the Trump administration, including electrocution and gas asphyxiation.
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