Pentagon Says Nidal Hasan Will Be Executed by Firing Squad in December
The execution, approved by President Trump, would be the US military's first firing squad execution since World War II, and comes days after a botched lethal injection in Tennessee.
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The Pentagon has announced that Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad in December at Fort Hood, Texas, where he killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting attack.
The execution was approved by President Trump and would mark the US military's first firing squad execution since World War II, according to the Pentagon's announcement.
The announcement came just days after a botched lethal injection execution in Tennessee, a timing that has drawn attention to the method chosen for Hasan's execution.
The 2009 attack
Hasan, a US Army psychiatrist, carried out a shooting attack at Fort Hood in 2009 that killed 13 people, one of the deadliest attacks on a US military base in the country's history. He has remained in custody since his conviction.
The Pentagon did not provide an exact date in December for the execution, nor did it detail the procedures that will be used to carry out a firing squad execution, a method rarely used by the US military in the modern era.
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