Garrote
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A garrote or garrote vil is a weapon, usually a handheld ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire or fishing line, used to strangle a person.
In this 15th-century depiction of the burning of Albigensians after an auto da fé, the condemned had been garroted previously. It is one of the first depictions of a garrote. Pedro Berruguete, Saint Dominic Presiding over an Auto-da-fé.
Execution by garrote in Spain
Execution by garrote of a murderer in Barcelona
Michele Angiolillo
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Michele Angiolillo Lombardi was an Italian anarchist, born in Foggia, Italy. He assassinated Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo in 1897 and was captured and executed by Spanish authorities in the same year.
Killing of Cánovas del Castillo by Angiolillo.
Execution of Angiolillo by garrote vil.