The Pentagon announced the date of the first execution by firing squad since World War II

The Pentagon has announced the date of the first execution of a convicted American soldier since World War II.

Nidal Malik Hassan, convicted of the 2009 attack on Fort Hood, is scheduled to be executed on December 3, 2026.

Medical Major Nidal Hasan opened fire on unarmed troops at Fort Hood in Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others.

WASHINGTON, October 7 - RIA Novosti. The Pentagon has announced the date for the first execution of a convicted American soldier since World War II: who killed 13 people at a base in Texas in 2009 will be executed on December 3, the department said.

"This execution will take place at Fort Hood, Texas, on Thursday, December 3, 2026 at 13:00 standard time (21:00 Moscow time)," Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle said in a memorandum.

The date was set in pursuance of US President Donald Trump's decision regarding Nidal Malik Hassan, who was found guilty of the attack on the Fort Hood military base in 2009, the official emphasized.

On November 5, 2009, medical major and military psychiatrist Nidal Hassan entered the overseas training center at the Fort Hood military base in Texas and, shouting “Allahu Akbar,” opened fire on unarmed soldiers with a pistol. As a result of the attack, 13 people were killed and another 32 were injured. Hasan was seriously wounded by the arriving police, paralyzed from the waist down and taken into custody, and investigators named his motive as radical Islamist ideology.