Kim Kardashian Hollywoods: Photos: The 8 drug convicts executed in Indonesia buried

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Photos: The 8 drug convicts executed in Indonesia buried

Pictured are coffins bearing the bodies of Indonesian drug convicts in Cilacap several hours after their execution. Indonesia disregarded last-minute appeals and executed 8 drug traffickers. Pictures of the dead being buried and details from their last minutes before being executed have been released to the media. According to the pastors who were with them in their final hours, Andrew Chan, Myuran Sukumaran and the other 6 death row inmates declined to wear blindfolds and were singing as they were shot by a 13-member firing squad in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

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The 8 men chose to face their executioners and spent their last minutes on earth praising God and singing songs which included ‘Amazing Grace’.

On Wednesday morning, Pastor Christie Buckingham – who read Chan and Sukumaran their last rites – said the 8 death row inmates walked out onto the killing field singing religious songs in the moments before they were executed. Pastor Buckingham said the men conducted themselves with ‘dignity and strength until the end’. Another pastor, Karina de Vega, said it was a ‘beautiful experience’.

Profiles: Drug smuggling convicts executed in Indonesia

Martin Anderson, 50, Nigeria, arrested in Jakarta in 2003 with 50g of heroin.

Jamiu Owolabi Abashin, 50, Nigeria, arrested in 1998 at Surabaya airport with about 5kg of heroin. He was originally sentenced to life in prison, which was reduced to 20 years by the High Court, then changed to death by the Supreme Court on appeal by prosecutors.

Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise, 49, Nigeria, arrested in 2003 on arrival at Jakarta airport from Pakistan with 1.2kg of heroin.

Okwudili Oyatanze, 45, Nigeria, arrested in 2001 on arrival at Jakarta airport from Pakistan with about 2.5kg of heroin.

Zainal Abidin bin Mahmud Badarudin, 50, Indonesia, arrested at his home in 2000 with about 59kg of marijuana.

Rodrigo Gularte, 42, Brazil, arrested in 2004 on arrival at Jakarta airport with about 6kg of cocaine hidden in several surfboards.

Myuran Sukumaran, 34, and Andrew Chan, 31, Australia, arrested in 2005 for attempting to smuggle more than 8kg of heroin to Australia as part of a group dubbed the Bali Nine.