US President Donald Trump has approved the execution of former army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, who shot dead 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in Texas in 2009. The decision was announced by the Pentagon. Onet Wiadomosci ↗
Hasan is to be executed by firing squad. This will be the first execution of a member of the US military since 1961, and also the first use of a firing squad in a military execution in the United States in more than six decades. Tagesspiegel ↗
The attack took place at a medical facility at the Fort Hood base. Hasan, who held the rank of major and served as an army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded a further 32 during the shooting. He was sentenced to death for the mass shooting under US military law. lidovky.cz ↗
The decision to carry out the death sentence was proposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and subsequently approved by the president. Hasan is a former member of the US military, and his case is among the most serious violent attacks in the history of the United States armed forces. Index.hu ↗
The execution is to be carried out by military authorities. The date of its execution was not stated in the available information. However, the case has drawn attention to the exceptional nature of military executions in the United States, since the last known execution of a member of the military took place more than 60 years ago. ORF ↗
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Gab es seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg nicht: Trump genehmigt Erschießung von Ex-US-Major
Merkur
| 15:28 06.10.
Trump orders firing squad for man who killed 13 in Texas
RTE News
| 08:12 06.10.
Fort-Hoot-Attentäter: Erste Militärhinrichtung in den USA seit über 60 Jahren geplant
Der Standard
| 05:58 07.10.
Trump billigt Erschießung von ehemaligem US-Major: Erste Hinrichtung dieser Art seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
Merkur
| 15:25 06.10.
Fort-Hood-Amokläufer soll durch US-Militär hingerichtet werden
ORF
| 09:17 06.10.
Todesstrafe: Trump genehmigt erste Militärhinrichtung seit über 60 Jahren
Tagesspiegel
| 09:09 06.10.
Trump schválil popravu zastrelením pre strelca zo základne Fort Hood
teraz.sk
| 08:21 06.10.
Trump aprueba la ejecución por un pelotón de fusilamiento del autor de una masacre en una base militar en 2009
El Mundo
| 07:17 06.10.
Psychiatra zastřelí popravčí četa, schválil Trump. Naposledy tak trestali před 80 lety
lidovky.cz
| 08:12 06.10.
Amokläufer von Fort Hood: Donald Trump genehmigt erste Militärhinrichtung seit 65 Jahren – per Erschießung
Spiegel.de
| 16:13 06.10.
Trump schválil vojenskou popravu armádního psychiatra, který zabil 13 lidí
seznamzpravy.cz
| 07:27 06.10.
Pierwsza egzekucja wojskowa w USA od ponad 60 lat. Sprawca masakry w Fort Hood zostanie stracony
Onet Wiadomosci
| 07:13 06.10.
Donald Trump jóváhagyta a kivégzést, 65 éve nem történt ilyen az amerikai hadseregben
Index.hu
| 09:11 06.10.
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