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Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan. AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati
Bali Nine
Two Australian drug smugglers executed by firing squad
A Filipino woman was spared.
TWO AUSTRALIAN DRUG smugglers have been executed by firing squad in Indonesia.
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the ringleaders of the so-called “Bali Nine” drug smuggling gang were sentenced to death in 2006 for trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia.
Relatives of Sukumaran and Chan arrived at Nusakambangan prison yesterday, calling for mercy for their loved ones, with Sukumaran’s sister collapsing in grief.
The convicts, who also included a Brazilian, four Africans and one Indonesian, were put to death by firing squad on the prison island of Nusakambangan, MetroTV and the Jakarta Post newspaper reported.
A Filipino woman was spared.
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