How five journalists were murdered in East Timor

Five journalists were gunned down as they tried to surrender to Indonesian special forces because they had politically embarrassing footage of the Indonesian military invading East Timor, a court has heard. It was the first day of an inquest, in Sydney, into the 1975 deaths of the "Balibo Five" - Brian Peters, Malcolm Rennie, Greg Shackleton, Gary Cunningham and Tony Stewart. An East Timorese eyewitness, known only by a codename, Glebe 2, said he saw four of the journalists raise their hands in surrender before they were shot by forces allegedly led by Captain Mohammad Yunus Yosfiah. Their bodies were then dressed in uniforms, posed with weapons, photographed and later burned. (Via The Australian)