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| Father Charles Burrows |
A Catholic priest who was present at Nusakambangan prison in Indonesia during this week's executions has said in the past it has taken up to 15 minutes for prisoners to die.
Father Charles Burrows, who is based in Cilacap near the prison, was called there to speak with two of the 14 people originally scheduled for execution, but who were later spared.
Deputy Attorney-General for General Crimes Noor Rachmad confirmed one local and three Nigerian drug convicts were executed by firing squad.
Father Burrows said he had not "got word" as to whether the executed prisoners suffered.
He said he had been present in the past when it has taken several minutes for prisoners to die.
"The first time, it was seven to eight minutes, and then there were some of the other times it was 15 minutes and they still weren't, hadn't expired," he said.
"And the captain has to wait with a pistol and shoot into the brain."
Father Burrows said he went with the other ministers from different spiritualities to the "shooting place", because there was no time to speak with them in their cells, with great confusion in the lead-up to the execution.
He said it was a "traumatic experience".
The ministers prayed together while four ministers spoke to the four men who were executed.
"They were given some minutes to talk to the prisoners or console them somewhat. Then they came back and the prisoners were tied to the stakes," he said.
"And then they went, were given another few minutes. They were shot pretty quickly after that."
Father Burrows said the executed prisoners were "seemingly" blindfolded first, and remained dignified until the end.
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Source: abc.net.au, July 30, 2016
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