More suspected killers murdered in East Java<\/p>\n
SURABAYA (JP): Angry mobs killed three more people in Madura
\nand Sidoarjo on Wednesday and Tuesday in reprisals against
\nindividuals they suspected of involvement in the mysterious
\nkilling spree in East Java.<\/p>\n
Local police said that Kahar, 30, a resident of Galis district
\nin Bangkalan regency, Madura, was mobbed to death early on
\nWednesday.<\/p>\n
He was attacked on his way to visit a religious leader,
\nMasduki, who heads the Cendana Islamic boarding school.<\/p>\n
In Sidoarjo, two people were killed on Tuesday because they
\nwere suspected of being members of the gangs which have slain
\nalleged black magic practitioners and religious leaders. A mob
\nattacked the two at the Pondok Candra housing complex.<\/p>\n
They were reportedly burned to death and their bodies paraded
\nthrough the town's streets. As of Wednesday, the two unidentified
\nbodies remained at the morgue of the Sidoarjo general hospital.<\/p>\n
Assaults against people suspected by residents of being
\nkillers started last Friday, with mobs parading severed victim's
\nheads through village streets.<\/p>\n
Kompas daily reported on Wednesday that police in Malang had
\narrested 54 suspects who were allegedly part of the mobs which
\nattacked at least 18 people. The toll from the killing spree,
\nwhich has also victimized farmers, is at least 157 people in East
\nJava, according to the Committee for Missing Persons and Victims
\nof Violence. Police last recorded 142 deaths, mostly in
\nBanyuwangi.<\/p>\n
The daily also said most of the victims, including suspected
\nkillers, had yet to be identified. However, police said most of
\nthose killed on suspicion of taking part in the killings had
\nsuffered from \"mental disorders\" and some were former psychiatric
\ncenter inmates.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, at least six journalists covering the gruesome
\nmurders in Jember and Banyuwangi reportedly evacuated their
\nfamily members on Tuesday after receiving death threats.<\/p>\n
Witnesses said on Tuesday the threats were printed on flyers
\nand circulated in Jember.<\/p>\n
East Java Governor Imam Utomo said Tuesday he would guarantee
\nthe personal safety of journalists reporting on the murders.<\/p>\n
As fears mount over the mysterious killings, villagers have
\nbegun arming themselves, setting curfews and conducting patrols.
\nIn some instances, there have been assaults on people who did not
\nhave identity papers or were found wandering alone at night.<\/p>\n
A number of Moslem preachers in the Central Java regency of
\nBanyumas and Tegal have also received telephone death threats.<\/p>\n
Local religious leader Noer Iskandar said on Wednesday that
\nabout 300 Moslem clerics from Banyumas regency had gathered
\nearlier in the afternoon in the nearby town of Purwokerto and
\nagreed to establish security posts in their respective
\nneighborhoods. (nur\/45\/byg)<\/p>",
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