1998 East Java ninja scare: Difference between revisions

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===Local press reports===

On 1 October 1998, the ''Surabaya Post'' reported "a rumour about the existence of attacks by ninja-like squads" that were targeting "community leaders as well as [[ulama]]". In response, the neighbors of ulamas began organizing guard shifts "around the houses of ulamas who have become targets". On 4 October 1998, the ''Jawa Post'' reported that "prayer teachers are in the sights of groups of dozens of killers who wear all-black clothes and masks like ninjas".<ref>{{cite web |last=Herriman |first=Nicholas |date=3 May 2016 |title=Hunting and killing ninjas in Indonesia |url=http://www.newmandala.org/hunting-killing-ninjas-indonesia/ |website=New Mandala}}</ref>

===Theories===