Pleas fail to halt executions

[caption id="attachment_80114" align="alignright" width="300"] HOPES DASHED: Australian mother Raji Sukumaran and her husband Sam weep as they learn that their son Myuran would not be spared execution in Indonesia for drug trafficking. They had just made their final visit to Nusakambangan maximum security prison where he was killed by a firing squad last night Picture: AFP -[/caption]

Seven drug traffickers killed by firing squad

INDONESIA executed seven foreign drug convicts by firing squad but a Filipina was spared at the 11th hour, reports late last night said.

Defying a firestorm of international criticism and pleas by relatives, authorities put the seven and a local man to death after midnight local time (7pm SA time) last night, the reports said.