Public execution! Pentagon to live stream firing squad executions online

(Deutsche Welle Chinese website) In a video released by the Pentagon on the Hasan's execution was carried out by a firing squad of soldiers. "We want to make sure that people can watch and make sure that it is public." Hegseth said, "Of course we will have an execution ceremony at Fort Hood." "And it will be at 1 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, which is the time he committed the crime.

Hegseth made the remarks while chatting with right-wing internet celebrity Jack Posobiec aboard the USS Lincoln. The Lincoln returned to its base in California on Thursday after a nearly 11-month voyage.

"People need to understand that shootings like this have serious consequences," Hegseth said. Hegseth added, "I like the mentality we had in World War II, which was to win.

Previously, the Pentagon announced on October 5 that President Trump had approved the public execution of Hassan based on Hegseth's recommendation.

Pentagon officials said on Thursday (October 8) that the shooting will be broadcast live to the public, and specific details will be announced later.

The last known firing squad execution by the U.S. military occurred in 1945.

What do we know about the Fort Hood shooter?

Hassan served as a psychiatrist in the U.S. Army. He was born in Virginia, USA, in 1970, to parents from Palestine. On November 5, 2009, Hassan shot and killed 13 people and injured 32 others at Fort Hood Army Base in Texas. A U.S. military court sentenced him to death in 2013.

During his trial, Hassan claimed he carried out the shooting to protect Afghan Taliban members from U.S. forces.

Hassan was shot by police during his arrest, causing partial paralysis and has been in a wheelchair since then.

The United Nations says the United States' live broadcast of executions is tantamount to "torture."

The U.S. government's decision to broadcast Hassan's execution live was severely criticized by the United Nations Human Rights Committee. "Live streaming of an execution would amount to a public execution and would violate the absolute prohibition of torture," the U.N. agency said in a statement to AFP.

The agency noted that similar statements had been made regarding previous public executions in Afghanistan and Iran, saying such acts "constituted a form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."