Trump approves firing squad for convicted military base shooter

· Politics · United States

President Donald Trump approved a firing squad execution for Nidal Hasan, a former US Army psychiatrist convicted of shooting dead 13 people at a military base in 2009, the Pentagon said. The case is one of the deadliest mass shootings on a US military installation. Separately, the Trump administration agreed to pay $950 million to buy three California immigration detention facilities from GEO Group Inc., part of a broader push to give the federal government more direct control over its mass deportation campaign.

Why it matters：The execution approval and detention-facility purchase reflect the US administration's hardline approach to crime and immigration.

Key points

  • Nidal Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people in 2009.
  • Trump approved a firing squad execution, the Pentagon said.
  • The US will pay $950 million for three California ICE jails.

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