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It says 'fertilizer company', but I immediately read 'army recruiter'.
Guess he was not the number one exporter of potassium
Another russicide.
decapitated
die by suicide
Wat
I literally LOL'd.
Murder was in fact a fairly uncommon event in Ankh-Morpork, but there were a lot of suicides. Walking in the night-time alleyways of The Shades was suicide. Asking for a short in a dwarf bar was suicide. Saying 'Got rocks in your head?' to a troll was suicide. You could commit suicide very easily, if you weren't careful.
Russia is basically hardcore Anhk-Morpork, but with an even less subtle dictator.
Decapitation is one of the potential outcomes of an improperly orchestrated hanging, though that's more for a capital punishment. Usually people hang themselves with a short rope and choke themselves out.
So you're saying he wasn't well hung?
Hahaaaaa....
Very good, but it's 'hanged'.
But hung also works, my apologies.
Hung also works; a lot of people stopped making the distinction, going back decades
This feels like one of them literally and figuratively things.
As an englishperson i feel inclined to despair. About a lot of things, not so much this though. Thanks for setting me straight
It might be less common in the UK (eg I know you guys still keep the lay/lie distinction commonly but it's pretty muddled in the US these days), but you can find usage notes in US-based dictionaries:
the past and past participle hung, as well as hanged, is standard. Hanged is most appropriate for official executions
he was to be hanged, cut down whilst still alive … and his bowels torn out
—Louis Allen
but hung is also used.
gave orders that she should be hung
—Peter Quennell
Hung is more appropriate for less formal hangings.
by morning I'll be hung in effigy
—Ronald Reagan
Sounds like it was a metal towing cable, like from a winch? I could definitely see that taking a head off easier than a sturdy rope.
Wasn't one of Sadam's sons decapitated at his hanging?
These Russian oligarchs sure get inventive with their suicides.
The Japanese used a second to help preform a self-decapitation. These Russians are so fiercely independent that they do it all by themselves.
He must've been so determined to kill himself judging by the extensive antemortem bruising, broken bones, ruptured vertebrae, missing fingernails, fluid in his lungs, blowtorch marks, acid burns, [...]. At least we know why because he filled in this copy of the standard Russian oligarch suicide form letter.
Eh, this one this actually fairly plausible as a suicide. Noose + drop = decapitation for any significant value of 'drop'.
I don't think that's how it normally works...
Kinda is. Back in the good ol' days (/s) when hanging was a typical punishment, the hangman had to know his stuff. Too short a rope and the hangee would dangle, choking / suffocating for minutes. Too much rope and the whole body would yoink off. Gotta get it just right to just instantly break the neck.
I don't think breaking the neck is necessarily instant death, though. the breathing muscles are paralyzed but the heart should continue to beat independently. the hypothalamus (iirc) senses CO2 buildup so you could feel choking. in contrast, decapitation exsanguinates the brain pretty rapidly. a bit more gruesome, admittedly.
You're right. It's most likely only more "humane" for the witnesses and easier on the perpetrators.
Not only do they not witness a decapitation in a truly botched case, but they also don't witness shaking of the legs and similar movements in case of a "short drop".
It is. If you ever want to hang yourself, don’t jump into it unless you want to spray blood everywhere. It is a genuine consideration when ctbing, since many people don’t want to scar their family or other people.
Heh not sure about the suicide. Could be an accident.
"believed to have died by suicide"
🤔
When I saw the headline, my first thought was Mazepin. Perhaps his son's F1 career failure really got to him.
His head must have been cut of while he fell from a window of a nearby building. So definitely a suicide.
Did he superglue his hands to his head so it looked like he ripped his own head off?
Obvious suicide
Russicide, it is an epidemic.
Huh, that's a new one. Couldn't find any windows or stairs or something?
Show some empathy. Do you know how many people are being pushed out windows these days? Think of how boring that must be for the poor KGB officers
You should be more supportive. This was very creative
Merely the direct consequences of allowing Putin to rule.
Magnesium is a rough trade