Two Australian prisoners were executed in Indonesia overnight and the local fallout has been drastic. Australia's prime minister called the deaths of the men "cruel and unnecessary," and will make the unprecedented move of removing Australia's ambassador in Indonesia.
Myuran Sukumaran, 34, and Andrew Chan, 31 — who were convicted of attempting to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin from Indonesia to Australia in 2006 — were shot in the heart in an isolated field, along with six other prisoners, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Australian time
The Australian people and government had gone to great lengths to express their disgust at the move by the Indonesian government to execute two of their countrymen. Read more...
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