After massive public criticism, the execution of the gunman planned for December 3rd will not be broadcast live.
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Nidal Hasan killed 13 people in a shooting spree at the Fort Hood base in 2009. He was sentenced to death and is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3rd.
After massive public pressure, US President Donald Trump canceled the planned live broadcast of an execution by the US military. Trump said on his online service Truth Social on Thursday that gunman Nidal Hasan would "die by firing squad as planned, but this event will not be broadcast."
The livestream announced by the Pentagon was met with outrage both within Trump's Republican ranks and internationally.
Trump explained that "many very good and well-meaning people would rather not watch him die - neither via live stream or other visual media." Among other things, Vice President J.D. Vance had said he would not watch the execution.
The former army psychiatrist Hasan shot 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in Texas in 2009 and was therefore sentenced to death. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the live broadcast of the execution planned for December 3rd last week. Hasan, 56, would be the first person to be executed by a US military firing squad since 1945.
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