{
  "id": 12972171,
  "title": "What to know about the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/what-to-know-about-the-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T22:36:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6137747-fort-hood-shooter-firing-squad-execution-livestreamed/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major who fatally shot 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, will be open to the public. According to Hegseth, Hasan will be executed by a firing squad of soldiers, and the event will be livestreamed, allowing people to watch it.\n\nThe execution, scheduled to take place at Fort Hood in Texas, will be the first military execution by firing squad since the end of World War Two. Hasan, a US Army psychiatrist from Virginia, was sentenced to death by a military jury in 2013 for carrying out the Al-Qaeda-inspired attack. He admitted in court that he was the gunman and apologised for \"any mistakes\".\n\nHegseth stated that the public execution is intended to demonstrate the serious consequences of such actions. The White House has not commented on whether President Donald Trump supports a livestreamed public execution, although a Pentagon spokesperson said that Trump had approved the execution.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}