An international outcry led Yasir Arafat to withhold his approval for further executions.

Dr. Wang said he was "tormented by nightmares" and refused to take part in further executions.

A moratorium has since been placed on all further executions, and Jewish religious law makes the death penalty difficult for rabbinical authorities to discuss.

The Anti-Treaty leaders were also aware that continuing the war would mean exposing their prisoners to further executions.

"You may anticipate further executions within the week."

The decision caused great dissension in the Lincoln Brigade's ranks, forcing the immediate declaration that no further executions would take place.

After submission of the mob, many "saboteurs" were arrested and placed into maximum security cells, but without further punitive executions.

The armistice on 4 September 1944 put any further executions on hiatus.

Over the past few days, there have been reports that up to 30 000 people have gone into hiding following further executions and massacres in Bunia.

We continue to receive information about further executions and more death sentences.