U.S. President Donald Trump said the planned execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted in the Fort Hood attack, would not be livestreamed to the public.
Trump said he believed broadcasting the execution could be a deterrent, but that many people did not want to watch Hasan’s death on video. Trump said Hasan would be executed by firing squad as planned and announced that the procedure would not be broadcast.

Trump said the victims’ immediate family members would be allowed to watch the execution in the chamber, adding that they had the right to see justice carried out.
Hasan’s execution is scheduled for December 3
Former U.S. Army officer and psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan was convicted over the armed attack carried out at the Fort Hood military base in Texas on November 5, 2009. Thirteen people were killed and 32 were wounded in the attack.
Hasan is scheduled to be executed by a 12-member military firing squad on December 3.

Broadcast plan changed
The decision changed after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last week that the execution would be broadcast publicly. The plan was criticized by various groups, including some figures from Trump’s Republican Party.
If carried out, the execution will be the first in the U.S. military since 1961.