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Hanging has been the execution method of choice for murder in far more countries than just the UK. This section focuses on judicial hangings in the 20th century around the world.

Worldwide Hangings: June

June 3rd
3/6/1960
K. A. Weersinghe – Sri Lanka


Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), effectively abolished the death penalty in his country in 1956 – and three years later he was shot dead by a Buddhist monk.
Concerned by the increasing number of sectarian clashes ravaging the country, the new prime minister ordered the reinstatement of capital punishment and on Friday, June 3rd, 1960, the first victim of the new law was hanged in Kandy, the capital.
He was K. A. Weersinghe, a Christian, who killed the Tamil overseer of the public works department at Bibile during sectarian clashes.


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