Indonesia has executed four drug traffickers

Cilacap, Central Java. Indonesia has executed four drug traffickers, three of them were African and one Indonesian in the early hours of friday, and said it has not decide when the 10 others were convicted of drug crimes would be sentenced to death.

Deputy Attorney General, Noor Rachmad, said one Indonesian and three Africans executed by firing squad on Nusakambangan island shortly after midnight local time.

The Attorney General said on Wednesday that 14 prisoners, including a citizen of India, Pakistan and Zimbabwe will be executed this weekend.

"We consider several factors and decided that for the time being four death row inmates to be executed," Rachmad told reporters shortly after execution on Friday.

Those who were executed on early Friday was, Freddy Budiman from Indonesia, Osmane seck from Senegal, Michael Titus and Humphrey Jefferson were from Nigeria. Osmane corpse and also Titus would be flown to their home country, and Jefferson will be buried in Indonesia.

"It's not a pleasant thing but it was to implement the law," said Rachmad. "Execution is intended only for drug crimes."

He said a decision on other execution will be announced at a later date.

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