Hegseth says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be ‘public’

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that former US Army Major Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad, scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, will be publicly available to watch and potentially livestreamed. This marks the first public execution in the US in over 90 years and the first by firing squad for the US military since 1945.

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An official at the Pentagon told Al Jazeera that former US Army Major Nidal Hasan's execution would be 'livestreamed'.

Hegseth says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be ‘public’

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