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| The executioner will removed the skins from the body |
Execution by Flaying is when the skin of the criminal is removed from
their body with the use of a very sharp knife. Attempts are made to keep the
skin intact. This is a very ancient method of execution. The apostle
Bartholomew was flayed and crucified upside down. His skin and bones are kept
in a Cathedral in Sicily.
There are accounts of Assyrians flaying the skin from a captured
enemy or rebellious ruler and nailing it to the wall of his city, as warning to
all who would defy their power. The Aztecs of Mexico flayed victims of ritual
human sacrifice, generally after death.
While this method of execution is not lawful in any country, in
2000, government troops in Myanma (Burma) allegedly flayed all of the males of
a Karenni village.
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