Pakistan, Oct. 15 -- US President Donald Trump has cancelled plans to livestream the scheduled execution of former US Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan. Trump announced the decision on Thursday, October 15, saying the execution would proceed as planned without a public broadcast. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting in Texas.

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Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had previously announced that a firing squad would execute Hasan on December 3 at Fort Hood. He also proposed broadcasting the execution, arguing that it could demonstrate the consequences of terrorist attacks. Trump said he had decided against the livestream after considering concerns ...