President Donald Trump has approved the use of a firing squad for the execution of Nidal Hasan who was convicted in the 2009 massacre at Fort Hood in Texas.
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The Pentagon announced Monday night that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended death by firing squad for Hasan and Trump approved it.
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell posted on X that Hegseth will set the time and place of the execution for “the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009.”
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“He killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ during the attack,” Parnell said. “Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.”
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Hegseth replied to Parnell’s post, saying, “Justice.”
This story is breaking and will be updated.
