JAKARTA (Web Desk) -All eight prisoners on Wednesday refused to wear the blindfolds at the time of their execution, in drug smuggling case in Indonesia, choosing to stare right ahead at the firing squad, which shot bullets into their bodies.
“Everyone was looking forward, it seems everyone accepted their fate,” Father Burrows, a priest, was quoted saying by an Australian newspaper.
The group of 8 prisoners, which includes 2 Australians, 1 Brazilian, 4 Nigerians and an Indonesian, have been convicted of smuggling drugs into the country and were executed at 12:30 am local time on Wednesday despite repeated calls for clemency by foreign leaders.
The report also says that the prisoners broke into a chorus of a Christian hymn, just after midnight, and that their song was ‘cut off by the crack of gunfire.’
“They were praising their God,” Pastor de Vega told the newspaper. “It was breathtaking. This was the first time I witnessed someone so excited to meet their God.”
Michael Chan, brother of Andrew Chan who was executed on Wednesday, tweeted to say that he had lost a ‘courageous brother to a flawed Indonesian legal system.’
I have just lost a Courageous brother to a flawed Indonesian legal system. I miss you already RIP my Little Brother
— Michael chan (@Changa5378) April 28, 2015
