All Stories: Firing Squad

A couple in their 50s has been executed by firing squad after being caught trying to flee North Korea with their teenage nephew amid COVID-19 lockdown.

CILACAP, INDONESIA: Nine drug traffickers held emotional farewell meetings with their families at an Indonesian prison on Tuesday, after Jakarta rejected last-ditch pleas from around the world for clemency and ordered their mass execution to proceed within hours.

JAKARTA: Brazil and the Netherlands recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia and expressed fury Sunday after Jakarta defied their pleas and executed six convicted drugs offenders by firing squad, including two of their citizens.