Eight convicted drug smugglers have been
executed by firing squad in Indonesia.
The executions took place in
Besi prison
on the island of Nusakambangan early on
Wednesday morning local time.
However, the execution of a ninth convict,
a woman from the Philippines, was
postponed at the last minute.
Among those killed were Australians
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.
Earlier, the men's families were allowed to
see them for the last time.
Australia had appealed to Indonesia to
delay the executions, citing alleged flaws
in how their case was prosecuted.
After the executions, Steven Ciobo,
parliamentary secretary to Australian
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, tweeted:
"There are few greater displays of abuse of
state power and regressive thinking than
the death penalty."
Those put to death also include Nigerian
nationals, a Brazilian and an Indonesian.
Filipina woman Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso
was also due to be executed, but this was
delayed after a request by the Philippine
president, a spokesman from the attorney
general's office told the BBC.
The request came after someone
suspected of framing Veloso to carry
heroin into Indonesia surrendered to
police in the Philippines, the spokesman
went on.
