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  "id": 12412431,
  "title": "Trump orders firing squad for gunman who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/trump-orders-firing-squad-for-gunman-who-killed-13-people-at-fort-12412431",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T16:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261007/trump-orders-firing-squad-for-gunman-who-killed-13-people-at-fort-hood-texas"
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  "account": "President Donald Trump has authorized the use of a firing squad to carry out the death penalty against former U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan, who carried out a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009 that resulted in 13 deaths and 32 injuries. This decision was made following the recommendation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, as reported by the Pentagon. The attack was described by Hasan as an act of retaliation for U.S. military actions in Muslim regions, and during the incident, Hasan recited the Arabic phrase Allahu Akbar, meaning \"God is greatest.\" The Secretary of the Army will determine the specific time and location for the execution, with death by firing squad among several options for capital punishment expanded by the Trump administration.",
  "summary": "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…",
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        "published": "2026-10-06T15:35:38.000Z"
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        "title": "Trump orders firing squad for gunman who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas",
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        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Fort Hood mass killer Nidal Hasan to die by firing squad",
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