Editing Execution by firing squad (section)

{{Short description|Execution by multiple shooters on command}}
{{redirect2|Firing squad|shot at dawn|the UK memorial|Shot at Dawn Memorial|other uses|Firing squad (disambiguation)}}
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| above = Execution by firing squad
| image = [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-212-0221-07, Russland-Nord, Erschießung von Partisanen.jpg|320px]]
| caption = [[World War II]] killing of [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] civilians accused of being partisans on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] by a [[Einsatzgruppen|German firing squad]], September 1941
| label1 = Method of
| data1 = [[Capital punishment]]
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[[File:Fusilamiento de Facundo Luna y Carlos Bejarano.jpg|thumb|Execution of two convicted criminals in a [[Uruguay]]an prison, 1892. The prison wall reads a quote from [[Plato]]: ''"The most wretched amongst all men is he who cannot endure misfortune"''.]]
'''Execution by firing squad''', in the past sometimes called '''fusillading'''<ref>{{OED|fusilade}}</ref> (from the French {{lang|fr|fusil}}, [[rifle]]), is a method of [[capital punishment]], particularly common in the [[military]] and in times of [[war]]. Some reasons for its use are that [[firearm]]s are usually readily available and a [[gunshot]] to a [[vital organ]], such as the brain or heart, most often will kill relatively quickly.{{TOC limit|2}}