Fort Hood attacker: execution of US gunman to be broadcast live

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants to allow the planned shooting of a condemned assassin at a military base to take place publicly. Hegseth told the right-wing conservative US broadcaster Real America's Voice that people would be able to publicly observe the execution of the former military psychiatrist Nidal Hasan. "People need to understand that such actions have serious consequences," said the Republican.

The execution is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood military base in Texas. When asked, a Pentagon employee confirmed that the execution would be “streamed live.”

In 2009, the then major and military psychiatrist opened fire on unarmed soldiers in a medical facility on the base, shouting “Allahu Akbar”. He killed 13 people. 32 other people were injured. After the crime, Hasan claimed to have retaliated for the US wars in the Muslim world.

Trump had ordered the execution

Hasan, who is now 56 years old, was shot by the police during his arrest and has been partially paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair ever since. His assassination attempt occurred a few weeks before his planned deployment abroad in Afghanistan. He was sentenced to death by a military court in August 2013 for multiple counts of premeditated and attempted murder.