# US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the execution of a former Army major who killed 13 unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood will be live-streamed. Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad in December for the deaths of his comrades in 2009. He admitted to shooting into a crowded medical building where deploying soldiers were waiting for check-ups. It would be the first military execution in the US since the end of World War Two. BBC reports the execution still requires approval from the president and an appellate review.
Execution of former US major who killed 13 comrades will be live-streamed