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Although thalaikoothal is illegal in India, [4] the practice has long received covert social acceptance as a form of mercy killing, and people seldom complain to the police. [5] In some cases the family informs their relatives before performing thalaikoothal, [ 6 ] and sometimes the victims even request it. [ 3 ]
Carried out using a large cauldron filled with water, oil, tar, tallow, or even molten lead. Breaking wheel: Also known as the Catherine wheel, after Catherine of Alexandria who was executed by this method. Burning: At the stake. Infamous as a method of execution for heretics and witches.
Incapacitating agent is a chemical or biological agent which renders a person unable to harm themselves or others, regardless of consciousness. [1]Lethal agents are primarily intended to kill, but incapacitating agents can also kill if administered in a potent enough dose, or in certain scenarios.
The victim was tied to a chair which was elevated by ropes above a pond or barrel/vat of water. The victim was then lowered into the water until completely underwater/submerged. The chair was raised if the victim was about to pass out or to give the victim a chance to confess. Often, some form of a plug, or more simply, a piece of fruit, was ...
Massacre, mass murder or spree killing – the killing of many people. Murder – the malicious and unlawful killing of a human by another human. Manslaughter - murder, but under legally mitigating circumstances. Omnicide – the act of killing all humans, to create intentional extinction of the human species (Latin: omni "all, everyone").
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Death by boiling is a method of execution in which a person is killed by being immersed in a boiling liquid. While not as common as other methods of execution, boiling to death has been practiced in many parts of Europe and Asia. Due to the lengthy process, death by boiling is an extremely painful method of execution.