blowing gun blowing gun method execution victim typically tied mouth cannon cannon fired describes process follows prisoner generally tied gun upper small resting muzzle gun fired head seen straight air feet arms fly right left high air fall yards distance legs drop ground beneath muzzle gun body literally blown away altogether seen blowing gun reported means execution long ago 16th century 20th century method utilized portuguese 16th 17th centuries early empire ceylon modern day sri_lanka brazil method 17th century 18th particularly rebels arguably nation known implemented type execution british_empire role paramount power india particular punishment native soldiers found guilty mutiny methods previously practised british began implementing blowing guns half 18th century intense period use mutiny british frequently practice said exceptionally afghanistan rebels rituals commonly reported method blowing man gun tie muzzle gun shot loading cannon actual occasion reported commonly use blank cartridge attested following description manner tying convicted afghanistan july ordered campaign khan men tied ropes guns backs muzzle rope wheel passed knot round arms muzzle gun round arm spoke opposite wheel kept body fixed victim gun firing cannon far reported method case istanbul victim actually gun executed manner reports exist occasion people rockets blown air said occurred ali reign treason case problems method things work according plan executions mass execution order blank cartridge loaded instead spectators facing cannons hit limbs result addition soldiers withdrawn properly sustained damages hit pieces flesh bone case soldier shot managed fall shot went resulting scene taking place fellow slipped rope tied guns explosion arm nearly set fire hanging gun sergeant applied pistol head times cap snapped man time expected shot rifle fired head blood poured nose mouth like water handled pump horrible sight seen death forms equal man end reported birds prey execution place catch pieces human flesh air dogs place execution rushing scene spread result execution blowing gun method execution long varied history indian sub continent reports century onwards testify varied use execution method rebellions punishment variety crimes focus chosen tradition blowing guns local tradition preceding example british tradition sub continent historians note blowing people guns method execution old punishment indian sub continent prior institution reign emperor son said blown guns prisoners march incident father struggles dynasty half 17th century members people rebelled raided emperor said account ordered leaders blown gun said hindu chief close today state reportedly taken unnamed emperor blown gun rebel finally emperor execution son ordered blown bits cannon preceding cases examples rebels military adversaries blown guns era contained examples form execution types perceived crime example story times emperor blown guns having given approval abduction marriage hindu girl muslim officer thieves severe annoyance marching army trap thieves caught concealed guards later blown guns siege problem eventually solved commander army blowing caught act guns presence troops portuguese empire portuguese accounts charged having blowing gun form capital punishment colonies short review follows sri_lanka portuguese explorer reported blown individuals guns ceylon dutch siege city population endured extreme famine nursing mother production milk stopped infant dying chose kill eat portuguese general aware act ordered blown gun particular instance clergy principal citizens carrying act explorer campaign time imprisoned muslim individuals blown mortars torn apart tree shot century north western portuguese capital punishment slaves said blown guns decade 19th century reported chief caught portuguese blown gun brazil brazil native resistance portuguese leader taken prisoner blown gun blowing gun method execution known british troops indian rebellion british long tradition prior rebellion executing found guilty mutiny manner according historian british tradition began government examined modes capital punishment use district found common military mode capital punishment death blowing gun old punishment government opted technique relative death public humane orders given fire mouth cannon leader thieves prisoner technically cases court martial courts composed native officers british added presided generally led ruled officer duty merely evidence assist native officers advice counsel march native officer thought troops enemy court blown gun troops september year major executed ring leaders caused battalion desert account lack rewards provisions problems climate disease approving execution said disposition mutiny manifested commandant men embark bombay blown gun men embarked bombay causing trouble british broke sentenced death court blown gun hanged trials trial sentenced blown gun receive thousand rope neck anglo war regiments pay held officers confined order restored active blown guns blown guns soldiers found guilty shown cases executed blown gun mutiny broke british unit 1st battalion madras artillery british soldier condemned blown gun exceptional historian says soldier european record blown gun british authorities military engagement troops lieutenant birch command refused quit ground colonel burn deemed harsh measures necessary convened court martial officers involved blown guns severely approval action writer observes measure reason believe best effect corps behaved subsequent siege greatest mutiny beginning night massacre british officers soldiers killed suppression individuals sentenced blown guns plot discovered kill european officers ring leaders blown guns hanged joined ousted annexed kingdom british blown guns february conspiracy allegedly designed europeans discovered implicated sentenced blown guns shot person condemned death hope pardon punishment regiment lack pay lieutenant general suppressed rebels ordered blown guns lucky bound cannon mouth endure times fuse burnt asked lieutenant general destined die manner chose pardon condemned court martial blown guns account mutiny hanged cases appealed sentences dismissed service instead mutiny resentment shipped anglo war days bloody suppression mutiny leaders 47th regiment found hiding disguised ensuing court martial condemned blown gun instead hung chains death body placed months found guilty having fled enemy abandoned european officers condemned blown gun sentence transportation sea great rebellion appreciate scale frequency executions british insurrection example look reports incidents given merely single journal allen indian mail year june 35th light infantry blown guns june 54th regiment blown guns june blown guns hanged day 54th regiment suffered fate 26th month blown gun hanged shot july assumed captured rebels blown away 19th blown away shot september blown away september blown away executed september blown away hanged deported local body count court individuals came blown away hanged deported end october near blown away november bombay 10th regiment blown away example official statistics collection newspaper reports paper rebellion period september recorded executed shot hanged blown gun executed charges mutiny official july november statistics area says given capital sentences sentence imprisonment blown guns official statistics time state officially punished executed blown guns preceding cases examples execution formal court martial record deaths occurring battle informal executions british convinced insurgents blown british women guns specific case mentioned sources concerns birch said blown guns rebellion time british military blowing cannon execution method example members sect executed military blown guns afghanistan afghanistan tradition blowing gun capital punishment attested early nineteenth century examples following early cases forces inflicted crushing defeat tribes discourage aggression ordered leader sons blown guns building ousted half brother power ally blowing gun having captured means half brother king empire prior having ousted iron afghanistan swiftly gained nickname iron perceived brutality strong rule example source estimates years throne average executions year took place blowing guns example december recorded having blown guns executed ways reign terror january new cycle extreme violence broke afghanistan british minister wrote safe houses women reign terror established unprecedented annals bloody history political opponents blown guns executed ways regime toppled october persecuted article new_york_times april headlined blown fiction great game written set indian rebellion british_army officer indian knocked unconscious captured british attack camp assumed rebel awakens tied muzzle gun narrowly manages avoid execution rebels executed alongside freed humane act character usually portrayed bully
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