Nidal Malik Hasan
Nidal Malik Hasan (born September 8, 1970) is a former United States Army Major and psychiatrist.[2] On 5 November 2009 he entered the Soldier's Readiness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. He fired approximately 100 rounds at soldiers in the center.[2] Hasan admitted to the shootings at his court-martial in August 2013.[3] The jury convicted him of 45 counts (crimes) of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder.[3] One count each for the 13 unarmed soldiers he killed and one count for each of the 32 people he shot at.[3] On 28 August 2013 the same military court sentenced Hasan to death.[4] He is in prison at the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.[5] Hasan is awaiting execution while his case is reviewed by appellate courts.[6]
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| Born | Nidal Malik Hasan September 8, 1970[1] Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
Hasan was born in Arlington County, Virginia.[7] His Palestinian parents immigrated to the United States.[8] The shooting was believed to have been bought on by his Islamic religious radicalism. Before the shooting, he communicated with the late American-Yemeni Islamic militant, Anwar al-Awlaki.
Nidal Malik Hasan Media
Slide 49/50 of The Quranic World View As It Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military, a presentation made by Hasan during a symposium of U.S. Army physicians at WRAMC
Anwar al-Awlaki in 2008; Hasan communicated with him in the months prior to the shootings
First responders and soldiers transport a fellow soldier wounded in the Fort Hood shooting
References
- ↑ James C. McKinley Jr.; James Dao (November 8, 2009). "Fort Hood Gunman Gave Signals Before His Rampage". The New York Times (New York). https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/us/09reconstruct.html. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jerome P. Bjelopera, et al., American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat ([Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2011), p. 80
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Manny Fernandez (August 23, 2013). "Military Jury Convicts Army Psychiatrist on All 45 Counts in Fort Hood Rampage". The New York Times Company. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ Molly Hennessy-Fiske (August 28, 2013). "Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan sentenced to death for Ft. Hood shooting". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood Shooter, Forcibly Shaved In Prison". TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. September 3, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Army adds charges against rampage suspect". MSNBC. December 2, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Biography of Nidal Hasan, suspect in shooting at Fort Hood". The Washington Post Company. November 7, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Profile: Major Nidal Malik Hasan". BBC. November 12, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
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