# Trump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

https://mins.news/en/item/87277

- France 24, 2026-10-06 01:31 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261006-trump-approves-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter-nidal-hasan

> President Donald Trump approved a firing-squad execution Monday for Nidal Hasan, the US Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. It would be the first US military execution since 1961; the Army has not yet set the date or location.

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