United States: the execution by firing squad of the author of a massacre on a military base in 2009 will be public and broadcast live

The American Minister of Defense announced Thursday that the execution by firing squad of the author of a massacre which left 13 dead on a military base in Texas in 2009 would be public. “He will be shot by soldiers, as it should be, and we will make sure that the public can witness it, that it is public,” announced Pete Hegseth in a video shared on X by official accounts affiliated with the Pentagon. A US official said the execution will also be broadcast live

Nidal Hasan, a Muslim born in the United States and of Palestinian origin, opened fire on November 5, 2009 in a medical center on the immense Fort Hood base, to prevent soldiers from participating in a war he deemed “illegal” in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Considered a lone wolf of the jihadist group Al-Qaeda, this military psychiatrist had killed 13 people, including 12 soldiers, and injured dozens. His execution will be the first carried out by the American army since 1961.