President Donald Trump has confirmed that the execution of former Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted for the 2014 Fort Hood shooting, will be carried out by firing squad.
The U.S. Department of Defense added that the execution will be conducted in a public setting and livestreamed for the world to watch.
Hasan was found guilty of murdering 13 people and wounding 32 others during a mass shooting on the Texas Army base in 2014, a crime that prompted a nationwide debate over military security and mental health.
Both the presidential statement and the Pentagon’s announcement underscore the U.S. government’s intent to make the execution a highly visible event, a move that has drawn attention from legal experts and human‑rights observers.
<small>Source: Al Jazeera — read the original story there.</small>
