Donald Trump said a planned livestream of the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan will not go ahead after criticism of the idea. Hasan was convicted over the 2009 Fort Hood attack that killed 13 people.
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01Summary
- 01Trump said on Thursday that the livestreamed execution of Nidal Malik Hasan would not go forward.
- 02Hasan was the former US Army major who killed 13 people in the 2009 attack at Fort Hood.
- 03Trump said the plan drew substantial criticism and said Hasan deserved to be executed.
- 04The plan had been associated with Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
02Why it matters
The decision affects how a high-profile military execution would have been handled and shows the White House responding to public criticism. It also reopens attention on one of the deadliest attacks on a US military base.
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