Photos of the eight Drug Convicts executed Indonesian being buried including 4 Nigerians and details from their last minutes on earth have now been revealed. According to the pastors who were with them in their final hours, reformed Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran and their six fellow death row prisoners refused to wear blindfolds and were singing as they were executed by a 13-member firing squad in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The eight men choose to face their executioners and spent their last minutes of life praying, praising God and singing songs including Amazing Grace. On Wednesday morning, Pastor Christie Buckingham - who read Chan and Sukumaran their last rites - said the eight death row inmates walked out onto the killing field singing religious songs in the moments before they were executed.
'It was breathtaking. This was the first time I witnessed someone so excited to meet their God,' Pastor de Vega told Fairfax.
Indonesian Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo confirmed at a news conference hours after the deaths had been widely reported that each of the eight had been executed simultaneously at 12:35 a.m. (1735 GMT) by a 13-member firing squad. Medical teams confirmed their deaths three minutes later, he said.
"The executions have been successfully implemented, perfectly. All worked, no misses," he said of the deaths of two Australians, four Nigerians, a Brazilian and an Indonesian man.Prasetyo also dismissed concerns that Indonesia had done long-term damage to bilateral relations through the executions. According to him:
"It's just a momentary reaction. What we're doing is carrying out court decisions."He said that the message was "do not try to smuggle drugs in Indonesia, because we will be harsh and firm against drug-related crimes."
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