Trump clears way for Fort Hood terrorist to face Army firing squad nearly 17 years after massacre
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President Donald Trump has cleared the way for the Fort Hood terrorist to face an Army firing squad, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced Monday, nearly 17 years after the deadly rampage.
Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in the 2009 attack at Fort Hood, shouting "Allahu Akbar" as he opened fire.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recommended the execution. The Army secretary will set the execution's time and place, Parnell said.
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Nidal Hasan is set to die by firing squad in what will be the first military execution since 1961.