BREAKING NEWS: Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan executed by firing squad along with six others – but Indonesians spared a Filipino woman at the last minute, reports say
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were killed shortly after midnight: reportsOfficials ignored agonised pleas for clemency from the prisoners' families and the Australian government They were shot dead by firing squads on the prison island NusakambanganSukumaran had pledged to go without a blindfold during the killings Their last meal was KFC - and the pair reportedly shouted the fast food meal for all of the other prisonersA grieving Sukumaran family member said: 'I love you more than you can imagine'
Reformed Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were killed by an Indonesian firing squad shortly after midnight Wednesday local time, local media is reporting.
The Jakarta Post reported Chan, Sukumaran and six other prisoners were taken to a jungle clearing on the island Nusakambangan.
There, they were shot dead by firing squads comprising 12 police privates armed with rifles at 12:25am local time (3:25AEST).
Officials ignored agonised pleas for clemency from the prisoners' families and Australian and international officials.
Sukumaran had pledged to face the firing squad with ‘strength and dignity’ and was planning to go without a blindfold. The pair's last meal were buckets of KFC.
There are reports Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso - the Filipino drug mule who was the ninth convict sentenced to death - was spared after new information emerged about her case.
An apparent Sukumaran family member took to Twitter to grieve for his lost relative.
'To my cousin Myu... I love you more than you can imagine,' he wrote. 'Your legacy will live on. I promise. Save me a place in heaven. #Bali9
'Thank you all means the world to know all you beautiful people support my family. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Real talk.'
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