Sentence examples for the largest execution from inspiring English sources

Originally the term "Katyn massacre", also known as the Katyn Forest massacre, referred to the massacre at Katyn Forest, which was discovered first and was the largest execution of this type.

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A9 An Islamic militant group claimed in a posting on a Web site that it had killed 12 Nepalese hostages in what appeared to be the single largest execution of foreign captives by Iraqi insurgents to date.

Apart from those killed in the war, 38 Dakota Sioux were killed in a mass execution in Mankato, the largest mass execution in the U.S. history.

The result of the six-week war was the execution of 38 Dakota — the largest mass execution in United States history — and the exile of most of the rest of the Dakota to the Crow Creek Reservation in Dakota Territory.

The diplomatic stand-off between Iran and Saudi Arabia began on Saturday, when the kingdom executed Sheikh al-Nimr and 46 others convicted of terror charges – the largest mass execution it has carried out since 1980.

The square scaffold, built here to accommodate the largest mass execution in United States history, swayed under their weight.

It was the largest mass execution since sentences were carried out against extremists who seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca, more than thirty-five yeago ago.

Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday in Mankato for the unveiling of a memorial to 38 Dakota Indian men who were hanged 150 years ago in the largest mass execution in American history.

But the stairs of the piece — which is titled "Scaffold" — refer to seven capital punishments that took place between 1859 and 2006, including the largest mass execution in United States history, in which thirty-eight Dakota Sioux men were hanged, in 1862, in Mankato, Minnesota, an hour's drive from the museum.

More than 300 Santee were condemned to death for their roles in what had become known as the Sioux Uprising; although President Lincoln commuted the sentences of most of these men, 38 Santee were ultimately hanged in the largest mass execution in U.S. history.