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Trump approves Army firing squad for Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan, nearly 17 years after the massacre
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recommended, and President Trump approved, “death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell wrote on X Monday, adding that the Secretary of the Army will set the time and place, Fox News and the New York Post reported. Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 32 in the November 2009 attack and was sentenced to death by a military court in 2013; the Supreme Court declined to review his appeal after a court upheld the sentence in early 2025, Fox News reported. If carried out, it would be the first U.S. military execution since 1961, and Hegseth called the decision “Justice,” the Post reported.
- Fox NewsTrump clears way for Fort Hood terrorist to face Army firing squad nearly 17 years after massacre
- New York PostTrump approves firing squad for Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan’s execution after Pete Hegseth’s recommendation