
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to execute the assassin Nidal Hasan via livestream in the firing squad.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that the execution of assassin Nidal Hasan will take place via livestream by firing squad on December 3rd.
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Nidal Hasan shot and killed 13 people and injured 32 others at the Fort Hood military base in 2009.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems eager to answer an interviewer's question about the planned execution of American assassin Nidal Hasan.
"We'll do it on a Thursday, we'll do it at 1 p.m. - that's when he did it," he says. Even when Hegseth tries to keep himself under control, you can hear the emotion in his voice.
Nidal Hasan was employed by the US military and serving as a psychiatrist when he shot and killed 13 people and injured 32 others at the Fort Hood military base in 2009.
“There will be soldiers with rifles who form the firing squad,” says Hegseth and smiles. “We’re going to make sure it’s public, that people can see it,” he adds. The Ministry of Defense confirms the planned execution via livestream. It is scheduled for December 3rd.
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