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US President Donald Trump said the planned execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, will not be broadcast to the public, reversing a plan announced last week.
In a post on “Truth Social” on Thursday, Trump said that although he had considered a livestream as a deterrent, many people would prefer not to watch Hasan die. He said Hasan would still be executed by firing squad as scheduled, but the event would not be streamed.
Trump added that the victims’ immediate family members would be allowed to attend in person if they wished, saying they deserved to witness justice.
Hasan, a former US Army major and psychiatrist, was convicted over the Nov. 5, 2009, attack at a military processing facility at Fort Hood, Texas. The shooting killed 13 people and wounded 32 others.
He is scheduled to face a 12-member military firing squad on Dec. 3.
The decision follows US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement last week that the execution would be publicly broadcast. The plan drew widespread criticism, including from some members of Trump’s Republican Party.
If carried out, the sentence would be the first US military execution since 1961, whether or not it is livestreamed.
