The Pentagon seeks Trump’s approval for the execution of Nidal Hasan Fort Hood

The Pentagon is preparing to ask President Donald Trump to authorize the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former adult of the army found guilty of having made the 2009 mass shooting in Fort Hood in Texas, said a senior Ministry of Defense at the Daily call foundation.

If it is approved, it would be the first American military execution in more than six decades. Hasan, a former army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and injured 32 others in the attack.

Hasan entered the preparing center for Fort Hood soldiers armed with a semi-automatic pistol and opened fire on colleagues members of the service preparing for deployment.

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Nidal Hasan is imprisoned in the American disciplinary barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. (Bureau du Sheriff du Comté de Bell via Getty Images)

During his subsequent trial, Hasan admitted the shooting and said it was necessary to protect the “Islamic Empire” from American forces.

The Pentagon had classified the massacre as an act of “violence at work”, a decision which aroused strong criticism from the legislators, families of victims and national security experts. They argued that he obscures the ideological and terrorist motivations behind the attack.

In 2013, a military jury sentenced Hasan and sentenced him to death.

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On November 5, 2009, armed with a semi-automatic pistol, Nidal Hasan opened fire inside the Soldier Readiness Center. (Getty)

He was detained in the death corridor at the American disciplinary barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, since.

After years of appeal, Hasan’s final legal challenge was rejected in April 2025, paving the way for execution.

“I am 100% determined to ensure the death penalty for Nidal Hasan,” Pete Hegseth told Fox News Digital, secretary of the Ministry of War. “This wild terrorist deserves the hardest legal punishment for his mass shooting in 2009 at Fort Hood. Victims and survivors deserve justice without delays.”

Hasan is one of the four prisoners faced with the death penalty under military jurisdiction.

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Nidal Hasan was parked in Fort Hood in Texas. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

The army secretary has already recommended the execution and the Ministry of War advances the request.

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Hasan, born in Arlington, Virginia, in 1970 of Palestinian immigrant parents, served almost 20 years in the army before adopting radical Islamist beliefs.

As he was stationed in Fort Hood in 2009, he had become frank in his opposition to American military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, justifying the suicide attacks as legitimate acts of war.