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Ex-Army Major Nidal Hasan Faces December 3 Execution by Firing Squad
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Firstpost•07-10-2026, 09:55
Ex-Army Major Nidal Hasan Faces December 3 Execution by Firing Squad
- •Former US Army Major Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3 at Fort Hood for the 2009 shooting that killed 13 soldiers and injured 32 others.
- •Acting Army Secretary Adam Telle announced the execution date in a memo, marking the first US military execution in over 60 years.
- •Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, was convicted in 2013 of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder.
- •Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell stated that US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the death sentence, which was approved by President Donald Trump.
- •Firing squad executions remain rare in the United States, with only a few states permitting the method alongside recent federal pushes for capital punishment.
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Former Army Major Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas.
Hasan was convicted in 2013 of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder for the November 5, 2009, mass shooting at Fort Hood.
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell stated that US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the death sentence, which was subsequently approved by President Donald Trump.
