The Pentagon has announced plans to broadcast live the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of mass murder at the Fort Hood military base. The firing squad execution is scheduled for December 3, 2026. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be public. Later, Pentagon representatives clarified that a live broadcast is planned, with details to be announced separately.

"We will make sure that people can see it, that it is public," Hegseth said.

According to the US Army, the execution will take place at Fort Hood base in Texas. President Donald Trump approved the death sentence on October 2 after the appeals process concluded.

Nidal Malik Hasan is a former Army psychiatrist with the rank of major. In 2009, he opened fire in a medical building at Fort Hood, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. In 2013, a military court sentenced him to death.

If carried out, this would be the first execution in the American military since 1961. The last firing squad execution under a military sentence occurred during World War II.

However, the date may change: according to experts interviewed by AP, Hasan could appeal to a civilian court, which could significantly delay the execution of the sentence.

The news of the upcoming broadcast emerged amid discussion of the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee. On September 30, the 50-year-old convict was given two doses of pentobarbital, but she survived and was hospitalized in critical condition.

Pike was sentenced to death for the murder of Colleen Slemmer in 1995. According to her lawyers, after the execution attempt she was left with burns and blisters on her hands. In the first days she was unconscious and required artificial ventilation.

On October 8, her defenders reported that Pike had begun walking with assistance and was able to eat. However, she still has problems with memory and concentration, and the long-term consequences remain unknown.

Lawyers intend to seek commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

"She must not under any circumstances be subjected to another execution attempt," Pike's defenders said.