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Indonesia Executes 3 Nigerians by Firing Squad Despite International Pressure and Desperate Pleas from Relatives to Halt the Execution

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Three Nigerians and one Indonesian were executed by firing squad in Indonesia last night despite international pressure and desperate pleas from relatives to halt the execution.
Initially, 14 drug convicts were put by for execution by firing squad but 4 were killed yesterday.
Noor Rachmad, deputy attorney general for general crimes confirmed the execution to reporters but he not say why 10 other drug convicts, who had been expected to face the firing squad, were not executed.
According to Associated Press;

The group, including foreigners from Nigeria, Pakistan, India and Zimbabwe as well as Indonesians, had been placed in isolation on a prison island where Jakarta carries out executions.
Authorities stepped up preparations, with ambulances seen transporting coffins over to the island and cars heading for the penal colony in the evening carrying convicts’ relatives, police and religious counsellors.
President Joko Widodo believes Indonesia faces an emergency due to rising drugs consumption and has dramatically escalated the use of capital punishment, putting to death 14 drug convicts, mostly foreigners, since he took power in 2014.
Indonesia last carried out executions in April 2015 when it put to death eight drug convicts, including two Australians, sparking international outrage.

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