Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood attacker Nidal Hasan
President Donald Trump has authorized the use of a firing squad for the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting. This marks the first potential military execution in the United States in over 60 years.
Why it matters
The decision highlights a shift in federal and military capital punishment policy under the current administration and revives a rare, controversial method of execution.
Nidal Hasan, convicted of killing 13 at Fort Hood, to face execution under rare military order.
x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 31 in a November 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood [File: Bell County Sheriff's Office/Reuters] By AP and Reuters Published On 6 Oct 2026 6 Oct 2026 United States President Donald Trump has ordered the use of a firing squad in the execution of a former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people in a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, the Pentagon spokesman has said.
Nidal Hasan, a US citizen of Palestinian descent, would be the first US soldier to be executed by the US military in more than 60 years.
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