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Convicts faced Indonesia execution singing Christian hymns

Eight drug traffickers refused blindfolds, pastors say

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(ANSA) - Bangkok, April 29 - The eight foreign drug traffickers executed by firing squad in Indonesia refused blindfolds and sang lines of Christian hymns together as they were shot and killed, the Melbourne Age newspaper reported Wednesday, quoting Christian pastors who witnessed the executions.
    "They all looked straight ahead, as if they had accepted their destiny," said Father Charles Burrows, who offered spiritual assistance to Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte.
    According to witnesses, all the prisoners died from a bullet to the heart, fired by squads made up of 10 men.
   

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