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A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.
World War II killing of Soviet civilians accused of being partisans on the Eastern Front by a German firing squad, September 1941
A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.
Execution of two convicted criminals in a Uruguayan prison, 1892. The prison wall reads a quote from Plato: "The most wretched amongst all men is he who cannot endure misfortune".
A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.
Firing squad of Iranian Government executing Kurd prisoners (27 August 1979)