Nidal Hassan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, is set to become the first person to be executed by firing squad by the US military since 1945.

Nidal Hassan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, is set to become the first person to be executed by firing squad by the US military since 1945.

Representative Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said the plan is "disturbing and makes a mockery of our legal system."

Representative Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said the plan is "disturbing and makes a mockery of our legal system."

Nidal Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting at the military base in 2009.

Nidal Hasan is due to be executed on 3 December, in what will be the US military’s first execution since 1961.

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 - The Pentagon said on Thursday that it would livestream the firing squad execution of the man who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, raising questions about the legality of the unprecedented announcement. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump silent on Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter execution, as criticism mounts over the proposed military execution. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The killing will be the first by firing squad in the US since World War II.

The former Army major would become the first service member to be executed by firing squad since World War II.

Utah leaders reacted to news of the Pentagon's plans to livestream the firing-squad execution of a man accused of a mass shooting at a Texas military base, with Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson calling it

Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan is scheduled to face an Army firing squad Dec. 3 at Fort Hood. It would be the military's first firing squad execution since 1945, and the Defense Department s

US law on live-streaming the Fort Hood shooter’s execution and whether military firing squad executions can be broadcast. Read more at straitstimes.com.