Indonesia's attorney-general boasts of 'smooth and orderly' executions

Indonesian Attorney-General HM Prasetyo has declared the executions of Andrew Chan, Myuran Sukumaran and six others to be "perfect" and applauded the firing squad for its work.

"All shots were done perfectly. These executions were carried out smoothly and in order — much better than the first round of executions in January," he said, according to ABC News.

Chan and Sukumaran, along with four Africans and a Brazilian, were executed simultaneously at 3:35am (AEST) on Wednesday, each by a 13-man firing squad.

At the execution site, the condemned men were strapped to wooden poles. They wore white tunics, with a black marker over their hearts to guide the marksmen.

Medical teams declared all the men dead three minutes after they were shot.

Mr Prasetyo visited Nusakambangan on Wednesday, hours after the Bali Nine pair were executed on the prison island alongside the other drug offenders.

He declared the executions were necessary to fight drug crime in Indonesia.

"I would like to say that an execution is not a pleasant thing. It is not a fun job," he added.