US Plans to Broadcast Firing-Squad Execution of Ex-Army Psychiatrist Hasan Live
The US Department of Defense plans to show live the execution by firing squad of former army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan. He carried out a shooting at the Fort Hood military base in 2009.
The US Department of Defense plans to broadcast live the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, a former army psychiatrist, who would be put to death by firing squad. The Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported this on 9 October. Hasan carried out a shooting at the Fort Hood military base in 2009.
What is known
Nidal Malik Hasan previously served in the US Army as a psychiatrist. He has been sentenced to death over the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood. The Pentagon is now reportedly preparing to show the carrying out of that sentence on live air.
Why it matters
According to the outlet's headline, this would be the first time since the Second World War that the United States shoots a service member, and the event would be shown in real time. That makes the planned execution unusual both in its method and in its public broadcast.
What remains unclear
The report does not say when the execution might take place, where it would be carried out, or how the live broadcast would be made available. Those questions remain open until the Department of Defense provides further details.
