Trump orders firing squad execution for gunman who killed 13 people at Fort Hood
President Donald Trump has ordered the use of a firing squad to execute the former US Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in a 2009 shooting spree the gunman later described as retaliation for US wars in the Muslim world. Putting former US Army major Nidal Hasan to death by Army firing squad was approved by Mr Trump at the recommendation of Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth,…
The United States Department of Defense has announced that former Army Major Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad for the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people and wounded 32 others. President Donald Trump ordered the execution at the recommendation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The attack, described by Hasan as retaliation for US wars in the Muslim world, was carried out while he shouted "Allahu Akbar."
Hasan was found guilty in August 2013 and sentenced to death by a military jury. The use of firing squads for executions was expanded by the Trump administration due to challenges in obtaining drugs for lethal injections. Military executions are rare, with the last one carried out in 1961 by hanging.
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