The identities of the men were not disclosed

The Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, on September 24, 2024, sentenced three persons to death by hanging for the murder of Col. Anthony Okeyin, the commandant of Nigeria Army Secondary School, Apata, Ibadan.

A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on August 8, 2024 sentenced 26 people accused of involvement in armed groups, including the M23, to death after a high-profile trial that started late last month.

The 17th execution this year in the US

The second-ever nitrogen gas execution in the U.S., and the 1600th execution since 1976

Myanmar’s military regime executed on September 23, 2024 two anti-coup activists, rights groups have said.

The world's longest-serving death row prisoner was acquitted by a Japanese court on September 26, 2024, more than half a century after his 1968 murder conviction.

A young Jewish man

Iraqi authorities have hanged at least 21 people, including a woman, most of them convicted over “terrorism” charges, three security sources said on September 25, 2024.