TRUMP ORDERS FIRING SQUAD FOR GUNMAN WHO KILLED 13 PEOPLE AT FORT HOOD , TEXAS - INTERNATIONAL

What happened: President Donald Trump ordered a firing squad execution for Nidal Hasan, the former US Army psychiatrist convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood, Texas shooting that killed 13 people, the Pentagon said. Key numbers: 13 killed, 32 wounded in 2009. Hasan convicted of 45 counts in August 2013. He is 56. First military execution since 1961 if carried out. Why it matters: The order follows the administration's expansion of federal execution methods, which officials linked to difficulties obtaining lethal injection drugs. Death Penalty Action opposed the decision.

Trump orders firing squad for Fort Hood gunman who killed 13.

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