Man convicted of killing 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas will still be executed, but president said ‘people would rather not watch him die’Donald Trump has shelved a widely condemned plan to livestream the execution of a disabled man by firing squad.The US president confirmed the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people at a military base at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009, would not be public. US President Donald Trump has announced the Pentagon will no longer livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan after bipartisan backlash. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Man convicted of killing 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas will still be executed, but president said ‘people would rather not watch him die’Donald Trump has shelved a widely condemned plan to livestream the execution of a disabled man by firing squad.The US presi...S1

• US President Donald Trump has announced the Pentagon will no longer livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan after bipartisan backlash.S2S3

• President Trump is backing down from plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Malik Hassan. “I think streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists a...S5