
The USA wants to carry out a military execution at the beginning of December for the first time in more than 60 years - the shooting of the mass murderer Nidal Hasan, who committed himself at Fort Hood in 2009, is to be broadcast publicly via live stream, as the Defense Ministry confirmed.
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The last military execution by the US military took place in 1945, and the last generally public execution in the US took place in Kentucky in 1936. Nidal Hasan was sentenced to death in 2013 for the 2009 attack on Fort Hood that killed 13 people and injured 32.
At the beginning of December, the USA wants to carry out a military execution for the first time in more than 60 years. It should be public, says the US Secretary of Defense. Now more details are becoming known.
The planned shooting of an assassin is to take place at the Fort Hood military base in the state of Texas and will be broadcast via live stream. (Archive image) Photo: Bob Daemmrich/dpa
Washington. The shooting of a condemned assassin at a military base in the US state of Texas, planned at the beginning of December, is to be broadcast via live stream. An official from the Pentagon confirmed this to the German Press Agency. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had previously said that the execution by firing squad of a former US Army psychiatrist, approved by President Donald Trump, should take place in public.
It will be ensured that people can publicly observe the execution of Nidal Hasan, who committed a massacre at a military base in 2009, Hegseth told the right-wing conservative US broadcaster Real America's Voice. “People need to understand that such acts have serious consequences.”
If the execution actually takes place, according to US media, it would be the first military execution in the USA in more than 60 years. It is scheduled for December 3rd at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. Hasan opened fire on soldiers there in 2009, killing 13 people. 32 other people were injured. The then military psychiatrist was sentenced to death by a military court in 2013.
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Trump only recently approved the execution - a few days after an execution attempt failed in the US state of Tennessee. According to authorities, Christa Pike, who was convicted of murder, was given two doses of the drug pentobarbital, but she continued to live. The case has reignited the debate about the death penalty in the United States.
Public shootings were used as a deterrent in the USA, including during the American Civil War in the 19th century. The last execution by a US military firing squad took place in 1945. The last public execution in the United States was in 1936, when a man was hanged in the state of Kentucky in front of thousands of onlookers.
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the execution of condemned assassin Nidal Hasan would take place publicly so that people would understand the consequences of such actions. The execution is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood military base in Texas and will be broadcast live. Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 32 at Fort Hood in 2009, chanting "Allahu Akbar" and claiming retribution for U.S. wars in the Muslim world.

The USA is planning the first military execution in over 60 years: the assassin Nidal Hasan is to be executed by firing squad at Fort Hood on December 3rd, with the execution being broadcast publicly via livestream. Defense Minister Pete Hegseth confirmed the plans to dpa and said people should be able to watch. The execution has reignited debate over the death penalty in the US, particularly after a failed execution attempt in Tennessee. Public shootings were last common in 1936; At least 17 public executions took place worldwide last year, mainly in Afghanistan and Iran.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the execution of the condemned Fort Hood attacker Nidal Hasan would take place in public and be broadcast live. The shooting is scheduled to take place on December 3rd at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. Hasan killed 13 people and injured 32 in 2009.

The US military plans to livestream the execution by firing squad of Fort Hood bomber Nidal Hasan on December 3 after US President Donald Trump gave approval. Hasan killed 13 people and injured 32 at the Fort Hood military base in 2009. The announcement comes amid renewed debate over the death penalty in the US following a failed execution attempt in Tennessee.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan will take place publicly via livestream at Fort Hood on December 3. The Pentagon confirmed the announcement and said that President Trump personally authorized the execution. Hasan was convicted in the 2009 attack on Fort Hood that left 13 people dead and 32 wounded.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the planned shooting of condemned assassin Nidal Hasan would take place publicly so that people could observe the execution. The execution is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood military base in Texas. Hasan opened fire on soldiers at the base in 2009, killing 13 people. The announcement comes after a failed execution attempt in Tennessee that reignited the debate over the death penalty in the US.