The CeauÈ™escus were executed at 2:50 p.m. local time at Military Unit UM 01417 from TârgoviÈ™te on 25 December 1989.The execution was carried out by a firing squad consisting of eight paratroop regiment soldiers brought in by two helicopters from the Botenibase: Captain Ionel Boeru, Sergeant-Major Georghin Octavian and Dorin-Marian Cîrlan, and five other non-commissioned officers who were selected from 20 volunteers  Before the execution, Nicolae CeauÈ™escu declared, “We could have been shot without having this masquerade!”  The CeauÈ™escus’ hands were tied by four soldiers before the execution. Simon Sebag Montefiore wrote that Elena CeauÈ™escu screamed, “You sons of bitches!” as she was led outside and lined up against the wall, while Nicolae CeauÈ™escu began singing a fragment of “The Internationale” before the soldiers opened fire.
The firing squad began shooting as soon as the two were positioned 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
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At 5:30 a.m. on 25 December, the two were taken by an armoured personnel carrier to the garrison command office where the trial would take place. After the medical visits, they were brought into the improvised courtroom. The trial of Nicolae and Elena CeauÈ™escu was very brief, lasting approximately one hour. CeauÈ™escu defended himself by arguing that the tribunal was against the 1965 Constitution of Romania and that only the Great National Assembly had the power to remove him. He argued that it was a coup d’état organized by the Soviets
Nicolae and Elena CeauÈ™escu were convicted of all charges and condemned to death in what amounted to a show trial.At one point, their forcibly assigned lawyers abandoned their clients’ defence and joined with the prosecutor, accusing them of capital crimes instead of defending them.
The CeauÈ™escus were executed at 2:50 p.m. local time at Military Unit UM 01417 from TârgoviÈ™te on 25 December 1989.The execution was carried out by a firing squad consisting of eight paratroop regiment soldiers brought in by two helicopters from the Botenibase: Captain Ionel Boeru, Sergeant-Major Georghin Octavian and Dorin-Marian Cîrlan, and five other non-commissioned officers who were selected from 20 volunteers  Before the execution, Nicolae CeauÈ™escu declared, “We could have been shot without having this masquerade!”  The CeauÈ™escus’ hands were tied by four soldiers before the execution. Simon Sebag Montefiore wrote that Elena CeauÈ™escu screamed, “You sons of bitches!” as she was led outside and lined up against the wall, while Nicolae CeauÈ™escu began singing a fragment of “The Internationale” before the soldiers opened fire.
The firing squad began shooting as soon as the two were positioned 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
Santa checked the list twice and still sent consequences
it was beautiful when it happened.