Fort Hood attacker’s execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says

"Because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things."An undated handout image of Hasan that was released by authorities in 2012Hegseth said in an interview with conservative TV outlet Real America's Voice that Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers.

As it should be".The BBC has contacted the White House for comment on whether President Donald Trump supports a livestreamed public execution.Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell had said on Monday that the defence secretary had made the recommendation and Trump approved it.The execution is scheduled to take place at Fort Hood in Texas on 3 December, the secretary of the US Army said on Tuesday.

It will be the first military execution by firing squad since the end of World War Two.Hasan, a US Army psychiatrist from Virginia, admitted in court that he was the gunman and apologised for "any mistakes".

He said during his court-martial in 2013 that he believed he was protecting Muslims and the Taliban in Afghanistan.The killings on 5 November 2009 were the deadliest ever non-combat attack on an American military base.The shooting took place in a crowded medical building where deploying soldiers were awaiting check-ups and vaccines.Fort Hood attacker to be executed by firing squad – a first for US military since World War TwoA military….

The execution was authorised by then-President Dwight D Eisenhower and took place despite the victim's family asking his successor, John F Kennedy, for clemency.The last military execution by firing squad took place in January 1945, when a young US Army deserter, Eddie Slovik, was shot during the final months of the Second World War.While Trump has never publicly advocated for a public execution, he has long supported the death penalty.

In 1989, for example, he took out large ads in The New York Times calling for the execution of the Central Park Five – who had been convicted of rape and assault charges but were later exonerated.The US government did not carry out executions for 17 years before the final year of Trump's first term as president, when the government conducted a flurry of 13 executions.Upon returning to office last….

"We'll make sure that people are able to watch it," the US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday.