Execution by firing squad
Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading, is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war. Some reasons for its use are that firearms are usually readily available and a gunshot to a vital organ, such as the brain or heart, most often will kill relatively quickly.
World War II killing of Soviet civilians accused of being partisans on the Eastern Front by a German firing squad, September 1941
Serbian civilian prisoners arranged in a semi-circle, executed by an Austro-Hungarian firing squad in World War I
Execution by Austria-Hungary of Czech leaders of a mutiny against their superior officers, 1918
Mass execution of 56 Polish citizens in Bochnia, near Kraków, following the Nazi invasion of Poland, December 18, 1939
Execution by shooting is a method of capital punishment in which a person is shot to death by one or more firearms. It is the most common method of execution worldwide, used in about 70 countries, with execution by firing squad being one particular form.
A PB pistol with suppressor, used for the executions in Belarus
Lined up people executed by shooting by Cheka in 1918 during the Red Terror at a yard in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, The Black Book of Communism
An execution by shooting in Shanghai in 1948
