10 Most Shocking Images Of 2015 So Far

By Elliot S Bleuth /

8. Tony Abbott Threatens Political Unrest As Indonesia Sentences Two Australian Drug Smugglers To Death

February this year, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were caught and charged in Indonesia as being the ringleaders of a large drug trafficking operation. They are currently being escorted to the €˜execution island€™ of Nusakambangan where they are due to be killed by firing squad.

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Indonesian Muslim students held up posters in a protest against Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. Abbott has threatened that Indonesia will face diplomatic consequences if it executes the two Australians on death row after complaints of €˜macabre€™ when police officials were seen posing for photographs with the death row prisoners.