# Trump approves firing-squad execution for Fort Hood attacker Nidal Hasan

https://mins.news/en/item/87567

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-06 07:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/6/trump-approves-firing-squad-execution-for-fort-hood-attacker-nidal-hasan?traffic_source=rss

> President Donald Trump has approved a firing-squad execution for former army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting in Texas. If carried out, Hasan would be the first US service member executed by the military in more than 60 years.

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