Yesterday, Indonesia executed 8 criminals through firing squad over drug related activities, witnesses have revealed how the condemned conducted themselves even as they faced a hail of bullets.
The eight condemned individuals sang praise songs as they were led to their positions, witnesses across the water also tearfully joined them in unison singing.
Nigerians executed early on Wednesday in Indonesia.
The convicts, consisted of two Australians, A Brazilian and four from Africa and one Indonesian had been led from their prison to a clearing on a prison island to meet their fate early Wednesday.
According to GMA news, the condenmed all rejected the blindfolds and raised their voices to sing, One of the songs was the world famous Christian hymn published in 1779 by John Newton, Amazing Grace.
The husband of Pastor Christie Buckingham, who gave spiritual guidance to one of the Australians in his final moments, said his wife told him the men conducted themselves with “dignity and strength until the end”.
“She told me the eight of them walked out onto the killing field singing songs of praise,” Rob Buckingham told 3AW radio in Australia.
At Cilacap, a town located across the water from the high-security Nusakambangan island, a small band of mourners held a candlelight vigil, and also sang “Amazing Grace”.
The song filled out the night sky, while one man cried out and asked Indonesian President Joko Widodo to have mercy. Another supporter read out the names of each inmate one by one.
One man, Owen Pomana, a former convict turned pastor prayed and told the people that the convicts had nothing to fear.
When the inmates where executed, their bodies were returned from the island in coffins, some covered in embroidery.
Their family members were seen crying, while friends and supporters were on hand to give them a helping hand as they prepare to bury their loved ones.
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