Pentagon: live video of firing squad execution of former U.S. army major announced

The scheduled execution of a former U.S. Army officer will be made publicly viewable, U.S. Defense Secretary told reporters. Secretary Pete Hegseth said he intends to allow public viewing of the execution of the former officer, who was sentenced to death for killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 at Fort Hood, Texas. Hegseth told U.S. media: “We will make sure people can watch this execution;” a Pentagon official said: “This execution will be broadcast live and details will be announced later.” (Source: Fars (Telegram))

Pete Hegseth, U.S. secretary of defense, said that the death sentence for Nidal Hasan, the shooter at the military base who was sentenced to death, will be carried out by a firing squad and be “public.” The Pentagon later clarified the execution will be available to the public via a “live video broadcast.” The execution is scheduled for December 3. The last public execution in the United States took place in 1936. In a clip shared by multiple official Pentagon accounts on X, Hegseth told Jack Posobiec: “He will be executed by a squad of soldiers, as he should be, and we will make sure people can watch and that the ceremony is public.” (Source: BBC (Telegram))

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