> The public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.
> A Defense Department official told the BBC the execution of Nidal Hasan, who fatally shot 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, would be livestreamed.
> It is believed it would be the first public execution in the US in almost a century. The decision to livestream it is "unprecedented in the modern era" and "on uncertain legal terrain," said John Mills, a lawyer who works with inmates sentenced to death.
> "We'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public," Hegseth said. "People need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things."
> The Pentagon had announced earlier this week that it would execute Hasan in the first military execution in more than 60 years.
> Hegseth said in an interview with conservative TV outlet Real America's Voice that Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be".
> Asked if Hasan had made any final requests or reached out to President Donald Trump Hegseth said: "Don't care. We'll see him on December 3rd."
> Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell had said on Monday that the defence secretary had made the recommendation and Trump approved it.
> The BBC has contacted the White House for comment on whether Trump supports a livestreamed public execution.
> The execution is scheduled to take place at Fort Hood in Texas on 3 December, the secretary of the US Army said on Tuesday. It will be the first military execution by firing squad since the end of World War Two.
> Hasan, a US Army psychiatrist from Virginia, admitted in court that he was the gunman in the deadliest ever non-combat attack on an American military base.
> The shooting on 5 November 2009 took place in a crowded medical building where deploying soldiers were awaiting check-ups and vaccines.
> At court Hasan apologised for "any mistakes". He said during his court martial in 2013 that he believed he was Post too long. Click here to view the full text.