Three Sulawesi militants executed Three Indonesian Christian militants sentenced to death for attacks on Muslims in 2000 have been executed by firing squad.
Fabianus Tibo, Marianus Riwu and Dominggus Silva were found guilty of inciting attacks during religious rioting in Central Sulawesi in 2000.
The execution was delayed last month after an appeal from the Pope.
Local community leaders have expressed concern that the executions might re-ignite religious violence.
"It has been done... the location was around the airport," a police official who would not give his name told Reuters news agency.
He said the bodies had been taken to a police hospital.
Some 4,000 extra troops had been deployed in religiously-divided Sulawesi to boost security ahead of the executions.
Gang violence The men say they are innocent of the charges that they masterminded a series of attacks on the Muslim community in the Central Sulawesi district of Poso in 2000, killing at least 70 people.
The attack was part of a wave of violence that left more than 1,000 people killed. It was triggered by a brawl between Christian and Muslim gangs in December 1998.
The execution had been due to take place last month, but the three were given a reprieve after a plea for clemency from Pope Benedict XVI and demonstrations by thousands of Indonesian Christians.
The militants' supporters and rights groups have questioned the fairness of the trial.
Three Muslim militants are also currently on death row for their part in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed more than 200 people.
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