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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Warning follows Pete Hegseth announcement that firing squad execution of Fort Hood killer will be public</p><p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/oct/09/pentagon-fort-hood-livestream-firing-squad-execution-reaction-backlash-pete-hegseth-donald-trump-mussolini-latest-news-updates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">US politics – latest updates</a></p><p>Livestreaming an execution could cause post-traumatic stress disorder in the viewing public, mental health experts have said after the US confirmed plans to broadcast the death by firing squad of a man who shot dead 13 unarmed soldiers.</p><p>The US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth,<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/08/hegseth-fort-hood-shooter-public-execution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank"> said</a> on Thursday that Nidal Hasan, a former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be executed by firing squad on 3 December. Officials later confirmed it would be livestreamed. It is believed it will be the first public execution in the US in almost a century.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/09/execution-live-stream-ford-hood-killer-ptsd-viewers-pete-hegseth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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