Sri Lanka interviews applicants for job as hangman

Sri Lanka this week began interviews for the post of hangman a year after two positions fell vacant, with at least 480 convicts on death row.

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Sri Lanka this week began interviews for the post of hangman a year after two positions fell vacant, with at least 480 convicts on death row.

But it was not quite clear how the two successful candidates would fill their days - the death penalty has not been used in Sri Lanka, a predominantly Buddhist country, since 1976.