The last murder, which was thought to be politically

The last murder, which was thought to be politically motivated, also happened here in December last year, when Asmuni, the advisory board chairman of the National Awakening Party's (PKB) Lumajang branch in East Java, was murdered by six people wearing masks and armed with machetes who broke into his house.

Asmuni was the second PKB party member to be murdered in December after Rafiq, a PKB activist in Jember regency.