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There was no stopping the Muslims of Pembangunan I on Sunday, Nov. 22. By the end of the day, six Christians had been hunted down, and the alleyways of the subdivision were spattered with blood. Jimmy Siahae had a fractured skull, lungs punctured in three places and more than 30 open wounds on his body in what Dr. Zulhasmar Syamsul, who did the autopsy, described as a "vicious and sadistic attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Descent Into Madness | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

Within earshot of Siahae's killing, another Christian, Tahan Manahan Simatupang, 22, was being interrogated by his Muslim captors. He stood on the porch of a house belonging to a community leader of the subdivision called Pembangunan I, in northern Jakarta. Tahan's hands were tied behind his back. Blood dripped from his beaten face. He said he was one of 150 Christian security guards who had been paid $5 and trucked in to the area the previous night "to stir up the masses" after a minor dispute over an illegal gambling center. He was not sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Descent Into Madness | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...have already gone too far. In the bloody alleyways of Pembangunan I, the way back to rationality seemed all but lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Descent Into Madness | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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