Trump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has approved the execution by US army firing squad of Nidal Hasan, who was sentenced to death for killing 13 soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a social media post.Hasan, who was an army psychiatrist, would become the first US soldier to be executed by the US military in more than 60 years.