US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has said the public will be able to watch the planned execution of former US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who was sentenced to death for killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.
According to reports by US media outlets, the proposed execution is scheduled for December 3, 2026, and will be carried out by firing squad.
Hegseth reportedly said the public would be able to watch the execution, with a Pentagon official subsequently confirming plans for a livestream.
Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, was convicted in 2013 of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder over the November 5, 2009, shooting at Fort Hood, now known as Fort Cavazos.
The attack, which occurred at the US Army installation in Texas, left 13 people dead and 32 others wounded.
Hasan was sentenced to death following his court-martial.
His case has remained one of the most prominent military criminal cases in recent US history.
The proposed public livestream has attracted attention because executions in the United States are generally conducted privately, with access typically restricted to authorised witnesses.
If carried out as announced, the execution would also mark a rare use of the firing squad in the United States’ military justice system.
However, the scheduled date remains in the future, and the execution has not yet taken place.
