Since independence on November 22, 1943, approximately...

Since independence on November 22, 1943, approximately 48 people have been executed in Lebanon. Thirty-four of them were hanged and 14 were shot by firing squads. All of those who were executed were males, more than half of them were younger than 27, and around 20 were married with children.

(Sources: The Daily Star 11/01/2001)