The first execution by firing squad in the US military since 1945 will be public.

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Nidal Malik Hassan, who killed 13 fellow soldiers at a base in Texas in 2009, will be executed by firing squad on December 3.

The execution will be public, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said, to show the seriousness of the consequences of such actions.

NEW YORK, October 8 – RIA Novosti. The execution of American soldier Nidal Malik Hassan, who killed 13 fellow soldiers at a base in Texas, will be public, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said.

Nidal Malik Hassan, who killed 13 fellow soldiers at a base in Texas in 2009, will be executed by firing squad on December 3. This will be the first time an American military member has been executed by firing squad in 81 years. The last execution by this method in the ranks of the US Armed Forces was carried out on January 31, 1945, a private was convicted of desertion in France.

"We will make sure that people can watch this, that the execution will be public, because people need to understand that there are serious consequences for such actions," Hegseth said on Real America's Voice.

Hegseth did not disclose how exactly the Pentagon will ensure the publicity of the shooting.