Nidal Malik Hasan to be executed by firing squad

Nidal Malik Hasan will be executed by a firing squad on December 3 at the Fort Hood U.S. Army base near Killeen, Texas. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated that the execution will be livestreamed.

Hasan, a former Army doctor, killed 13 people and injured more than 30 others during a shooting on November 5, 2009. While carrying out the attack, Hasan reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar!" The Army and the Department of Defense initially classified the incident as workplace violence.

From death row, Hasan wrote to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to request citizenship in the caliphate and stated he had renounced his U.S. citizenship. Al-Baghdadi died in 2019. Hasan never married and has no children.