Washington DC, Oct. 8 -- US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday (local time) said the public would be able to watch the execution of former US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, saying he would be executed by a firing squad of soldiers at the military installation.

Speaking to Real America's Voice, Hegseth described the decision as a "no-brainer" and said the execution would take place at Fort Hood on December 3, a Thursday, at 1 pm, the time when Hasan carried out the attack.

"No-brainer. Execution by firing squad. Army major betrays his country, radical Islamist kills a bunch of Americans at Fort Hood. Of course we're going to do it at Fort Hood. We're g...