Bali executions: Eight prisoners refused to wear blindfolds as they were shot

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated April 29 2015 - 3:52pm, first published 2:00pm
Coffins leaving Wijaya Pura in Cilacap after the executions on Nusakambangan. Picture: JAMES BRICKWOOD
Coffins leaving Wijaya Pura in Cilacap after the executions on Nusakambangan. Picture: JAMES BRICKWOOD

In the still night air of Nusakambangan island, eight condemned prisoners joined together in a chorus of Amazing Grace just after midnight, before their song was cut off by the crack of gunfire.

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