Tied To Crosses & Shot: Bali 9 Prisoners Refused Blindfolds & Sang 'Amazing Grace' As They Were Executed

Reformed Bali 9 deathrow drug peddlers, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran and their six fellow prisoners including 4 Nigerians were tied to crosses with cable before being shot by a 12-member firing squad in the early hours of Wednesday morning. All eight men refused to wear blind-folds as they spent their last minutes of life praying, praising God and singing songs including 'Amazing Grace', according to the pastors who were with them in their final hours.

Irish-born priest, Charlie Burrows, who was present at the executions, said the men were tied up about four metres apart from one another.

'When they were being put on the cross for execution they were singing on the crosses and we were in a tent not too far away from the execution place trying to support them,' Father Burrows, spiritual advisor to the Brazilian man executed, told News Corp.

On Wednesday morning, Pastor Christie Buckingham - who read their last rites - said the eight death row inmates walked out onto the killing field singing religious songs in the moments before they were executed. Pastor Buckingham said the men conducted themselves with 'dignity and strength until the end'.

Another pastor, Karina de Vega, said it was a 'beautiful experience'. 'It was breathtaking. This was the first time I witnessed someone so excited to meet their God,' Pastor de Vega told Fairfax.

It took 27 minutes for authorities to confirm their deaths. Local media quoted an official saying they were 'shot at 00.35 and died at 01.02'.

The other executed inmates are Indonesian Zainal Abidin, Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte, Nigerians Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise, Raheem Agbaje Salami and Okwudili Oyatanze, and Ghanaian Martin Anderson.  May theIr souls R.I.P

Source: DailyMail.com