According to breaking news reports condemned convicts including four Nigerians have been taken from their prison cells to the execution site on Nusakambangan,Indonesia.
According to the UK Guardian, Indonesian television is also reporting that the executions of eight prisoners – all men – have taken place, but that the Filipina woman, Mary Jane Veloso, was spared at the last minute, after a woman accused of tricking her into carrying drugs turned herself into police in the Philippines on Tuesday.
There are reports that the executions took place at around 00.25 local time.At nearby Cilacap port, anti-death penalty protesters began playing the song Hallelujah.
They were shot dead by firing squads comprising 12 police privates.Their last meal was KFC.
