Necklacing is a method of extrajudicial summary execution and torture carried out by forcing a rubber tire drenched with petrol around a victim's chest and arms, and setting it on fire.
[8] The first victim of necklacing, according to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, was a young black woman, Maki Skosana of Duduza, on 20 July 1985:[9] Moloko said her sister was burned to death with a tire around her neck while attending the funeral of one of the youths.
The executioners would force a car tire over the head and around the arms of the suspect, drench it in petrol, and set it alight.
[16] Necklacing was also widely used against Sinhalese youth by government supported paramilitary forces in the second armed insurrection led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.
[19] In 2006, at least one person died in Nigeria by necklacing in the deadly Muslim protests over satirical cartoon drawings of Muhammad.
[20] A form of necklacing where victims are forced inside a stack of tyres doused with petrol and set on fire is widely used by drug dealers in Brazil, notably in Rio de Janeiro, where it is called micro-ondas, or microwave in Portuguese.