Indonesia prepares to execute three Christian militiamen

Indonesian authorities were today preparing to execute three Christian militiaman found guilty of carrying out bloody attacks on Muslims during sectarian fighting in 2000.

The European Union called on the government not to carry out the punishment, scheduled for 0015 local time on Saturday (5.15pm Irish time) on Sulawesi island, and dozens of Christians in at least two Indonesian cities protested the plan to kill the men, witnesses said.