Trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu: Difference between revisions

The firing squad began shooting as soon as the two were in position against a wall. The execution happened too quickly for the television crew assigned to the trial and death sentence to videotape it in full; only the last round of shots was filmed. In 2014, retired Captain Boeru told a reporter for ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper that he believes that the shots he fired from his rifle were solely responsible for the deaths of both of the Ceaușescus, because, of the three soldiers in the firing squad, he was the only one who remembered to switch his [[Pușcă Automată model 1986|assault rifle]] to fire fully automatic, and at least one member of the group hesitated to shoot for several seconds.<ref>{{cite news |last=Graham-Harrison |first=Emma |title='I'm still nervous,' says soldier who shot Nicolae Ceausescu |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/07/nicolae-ceausescu-execution-anniversary-romania |access-date=13 June 2019 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=6 December 2014}}</ref> In 1990, a member of the National Salvation Front reported that 120 bullets were found in the couple's bodies.<ref name=theday23janu/>

 

 

==Burial==