US military to livestream firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter
The US Pentagon has confirmed that the upcoming execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed to the public. This marks the first US military execution since 1961 and the first by firing squad since World War II.
Why it matters
The decision to livestream a state execution is a significant and controversial shift in US judicial and military transparency policy.
WASHINGTON: The execution by firing squad of convicted military base shooter Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed, a Pentagon official said Thursday, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it would be carried out in "public."
Hasan, a US Army psychiatrist, shot dead 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. His execution will be the first by the US military since 1961, and the first it has carried out by firing squad since World War II.
"It will be livestreamed. Details will follow," the Pentagon official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Hegseth had said in a video posted on X by official Pentagon accounts earlier Thursday (Oct 8) that Hasan is "going to get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be, and we'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public."
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