NewsBite

Footage aired on Indonesian TV showing execution process

THIS chilling footage reveals how the Bali Nine duo are likely to spend their last moments. Warning: Graphic content.

Indonesian TV explains the execution process

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

INDONESIANS have been given a chilling glimpse of how the execution of Bali Nine duo Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan is likely to be carried out on ‘Death Island’.

Channel 1 Indonesia aired footage that appears to reveal the step-by-step process of how executions take place on Nusakambangan. The program appeared ahead of the execution of five prisoners last month, and the same grim fate now awaits the Australians.

In the footage, members of the mobile paramilitary brigade Brimob engage in target practice, and a hooded figure representing a condemned man, appears with arms tied behind his back.

Prisoners are dressed in white and have their hands tied behind their back before they are executed.
Prisoners are dressed in white and have their hands tied behind their back before they are executed.
Paramilitary brigade Brimob at target practice.
Paramilitary brigade Brimob at target practice.

According to the list of 27 rules followed by firing squads in Indonesia, the process of execution begins with the convict being given simple, white clothing to wear.

The condemned man is then taken to an area selected by the team shooter and his hands and feet are tied to a pillar in a standing, sitting, or kneeling position.

The offender is allowed a maximum of three minutes to calm down and a clergy member is present to assist.

A black cloth is placed over the eyes of the convicted man, unless this is refused.

Doctors then draw a black mark on the man’s clothes where his heart is located so that shooters have a target to shoot at.

There are several checks before the commander gives the signal to start shooting.

RELATED: Officials fine tune plans for Bali Nine duo

RELATED: Prison official at ‘Death Island’ says ‘we’re ready’

Re-creation of the scene that will confront prisoners sentenced to death.
Re-creation of the scene that will confront prisoners sentenced to death.
Suhendro Putro prepares coffins at Java Christian church in Indonesia ahead of the expected executions of prisoners. Picture: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images
Suhendro Putro prepares coffins at Java Christian church in Indonesia ahead of the expected executions of prisoners. Picture: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images
The exterior wall of Batu Prison on Nusakambangan Island where Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will be transferred before execution. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro
The exterior wall of Batu Prison on Nusakambangan Island where Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will be transferred before execution. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro

A doctor and the commander checks on the condition of the prisoner and if he is still alive, a pistol will be put to his temple just above the ear for a final shot. This can be repeated if there are still signs of life, until it’s determined the man is dead.

Firing squad can only stand down their weapons once the commander sheaths his sword.
Firing squad can only stand down their weapons once the commander sheaths his sword.

Both Sukumaran and Chan were due to be moved to ‘Death Island’ this week but authorities announced that this had been postponed until at least next week.

The Attorney General has stressed that this was only a delay and the executions would still go ahead.

Meanwhile coffins have arrived at a Christian church in Cilacap, the nearest port to Nusakambangan.

In Bali on Wednesday, jail, corrections and police chiefs met to discuss security arrangements for the Australians’ transfer to Nusakambangan.

https://www.youtube.com/user/videotvone

Original URL: https://www.news.com.au/world/footage-aired-on-indonesian-tv-showing-execution-process/news-story/a031eb0a2b5082125909966eab52753d