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Nidal Malik Hasan, a former U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, is the perpetrator of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, the deadliest non-combat attack on a domestic U.S. military installation. On November 5, 2009, he killed 13 people and wounded 32 others at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center in Killeen, Texas, while shouting "Allahu Akbar."
-Conviction & Sentence: In 2013, Hasan was convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to death after a court-martial where he admitted to the attack, stating he acted to defend the Taliban leadership and stop U.S. deployments to Afghanistan.
-Upcoming Execution: President Donald Trump approved his execution by firing squad on December 3, 2026, at Fort Hood. This will be the first U.S. military execution since 1961 and the first by firing squad since World War II.
-Public Livestream: The Pentagon confirmed the execution will be public and livestreamed, a decision announced by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who stated the public must see the "serious consequences" for such attacks.