The Pentagon called the date of the first since the Second world shooting of a military
The execution of former U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hassan, who killed 13 people during an attack at Fort Hood in 2009, will take place on December 3, Acting U.S. Army Secretary Adam Telle said.
The execution of former U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hassan, who killed 13 people during an attack at Fort Hood in 2009, will take place on December 3, Acting U.S. Army Secretary Adam Telle said.
“The execution of Nidel Hassan by firing squad will be carried out in Fort Hood, Texas, on Thursday, December 3, 2026, at 13:00 central time (21:00 MSK. — RBC),” follows from the memorandum published by Telle in X.
Nidal Malik Hassan is a former US Army Major and military psychiatrist. On November 5, 2009, he opened fire at a military training center at Fort Hood Base in Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others.
On August 28, 2013, the court sentenced the man to death. The execution by shooting was approved by US President Donald Trump.
The last U.S. military shooting took place in France on January 31, 1945. Then the execution of private Eddie Slovik, who was found guilty of desertion. It was the first shooting of an American soldier since the American Civil War.
In addition, according to CBS News, the shooting of Hassan will be the first execution of a US soldier since April 1965, when he was hanged by US Army Private John Bennett, convicted of raping and attempting to kill an 11-year-old girl while serving in Austria.
