Sri Lanka has hired two hangmen as it prepares for executions of four prisoners convicted of drug offences in what would be the country's first use of the death penalty for over 40 years, prison authorities said on Friday.

Sri Lanka picks two hangmen for first prisoner executions since 1970s

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Sri Lanka picks two hangmen for first prisoner executions since 1970s