Trump Approves Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan

US President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major who carried out the 2009 mass shooting at the Fort Hood base in Texas, NBC News and Arutz 7 reported.

Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 32 others when he opened fire on soldiers at the military installation. Military Times and The Jerusalem Post noted that if carried out, this would mark the first military execution in the United States since 1961.

Further details regarding the execution date and location have not yet been released.