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,…
President Donald Trump has authorized the use of a firing squad to execute Nidal Hasan, the former U.S. Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009. The decision followed a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell. Hasan, who shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack, was sentenced to death in 2013 by a military jury.
If carried out, this would be the first military execution since 1961. The Trump administration recently expanded the list of permissible methods of execution, which had previously been limited to lethal injection, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation, primarily due to challenges in obtaining drugs for lethal injections.
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