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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution for his role in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, which killed 13 people and wounded 30 others, will be public, according to a video shared by Pentagon accounts on October 8. Speaking aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, Hegseth emphasized the need for serious consequences for such acts. The Pentagon confirmed that President Trump approved Hasan’s execution earlier in the week; this would mark the first military execution since 1961.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
President Donald Trump approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009. The decision came after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the execution, which will be carried out by the U.S. military for the first time since 1961. Hasan was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 2013 but chose his own defense during trial without contesting the charges. The Army is responsible for setting the date and location of the execution, which must occur within 150 days from Trump's approval but not sooner than 60 days. During the attack, Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar," and he was found to have communicated with radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki prior to the incident. This marks a significant move in U.S. military justice as mass shootings at military facilities are rare events.
Written for “Fort Hood Shooter Execution Approval” on 2026-10-09,
grounded in this article and the 40 other(s) covering the same event.
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Leaning score withheld for article 66948: attributed speech only · logged 2026-10-08
‘Public’ execution by firing squad for military base shooter Nidal Hasan, says US’ Hegseth
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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the firing squad execution of convicted military base shooter Nidal Hasan will be “public,” according to a video shared on Oct 8 by the Pentagon.
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“He’s 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,” Hegseth told right-wing influencer Jack Posobiec in a clip posted on X by various official Pentagon accounts.
“People need to understand that...
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there’s serious consequence for these types of things,” Hegseth said, speaking aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.
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Asked to clarify what Hegseth meant by the execution being “public,” a Pentagon spokesperson referred AFP to the US Army, which in turn said to contact the Pentagon.
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According to rights group Amnesty International, at least 17 public executions are known to have been carried out in 2025 – six in Afghanistan and 11 in Iran.
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The Pentagon announced earlier this week that US President Donald Trump had approved Hasan’s execution for the 2009 fatal shooting 13 people at Fort Hood.
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Twelve of the dead and 30 of the wounded were soldiers.
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Hasan was shot and partially paralysed by a civilian police officer who responded to the attack.
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He was sentenced to death by a military jury in 2013 for carrying out the Al-Qaeda-inspired attack.
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The court that convicted Hasan was told that he was opposed to the US military’s occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and that he had spoken online with an alleged Al-Qaeda figure, radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen subsequently killed in a US drone strike in Yemen.
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Hasan’s execution will be the first carried out by the US military since 1961.
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