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Indonesia 'executes drug convicts' Indonesia executes four drug convicts on Nusakambangan
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Indonesia has executed some of the 14 people on death row for drugs crimes, Indonesian media say. Indonesia has executed the first four of 14 drug convicts on death row.
The government has not confirmed which of the prisoners have been put to death - however, an official quoted by the AFP news agency said they were three Nigerians and an Indonesian. One Indonesian and three Nigerians were killed by firing squad shortly after midnight local time, reports say. There has been no confirmation yet from the government.
They were executed by firing squad shortly after midnight local time. The remaining 10 are expected to be put to death in the coming days.
Indonesia has faced intense criticism internationally for resuming executions. Human rights organisation Amnesty International condemned the executions as a "deplorable act that violates international and Indonesian law".
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Indonesia has some of the world's toughest drug laws, and has faced intense criticism internationally for resuming executions.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Fourteen, mostly foreign, drug convicts were executed last year to widespread condemnation.
This, the third round of executions under President Joko Widodo, took place at Nusakambangan prison island.
"[The execution] was at 00:45," an unnamed source was as quoted by Indonesia's Antara news agency.