Editing Execution by firing squad (section)

===Malta===

Firing squads were used during the periods of [[French occupation of Malta|French]] and [[Crown Colony of Malta|British control in Malta]].<ref name="edward"/> Ringleaders of rebellions were often shot dead by firing squad during the French period, with perhaps the most notable examples being [[Dun Mikiel Xerri]] and other patriots in 1799.

The British also used the practice briefly, and for the last time in 1813, when two men were shot separately outside the [[Castellania (Valletta)|courthouse]] after being convicted of failing to report [[1813–14 Malta plague epidemic|their infection of plague]] to the authorities.<ref name="edward">{{cite book|last=Attard|first=Edward|date=2002|title=Il-Piena Kapitali f'Malta u Pajjiżi Oħra|url=http://www.mireva.com/DetailPanel.aspx?Id=15086683|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819064352/http://www.mireva.com/DetailPanel.aspx?Id=15086683|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-08-19|publisher=BDL Publishing|location=San Gwann, Malta|language=mt|pages=161–172|isbn=978-9990972122|oclc=254597108}}</ref>