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The '''1998 East Java ninja scare''' was an outbreak of [[mass hysteria]] in [[East Java]], [[Indonesia]], in which the local population believed they were being targeted by sorcerers. In response, unidentified vigilantes, known as [[ninja]] due to their all-black garb, killed a number of suspected sorcerers, including religious leaders. In response to these killings, other Indonesians attacked and killed suspected ninjas.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1998-11-03 |title=E Java mob lynches three policemen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MbUpAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22east+java%22+ninja&pg=PA4&article_id=2764,556298 |work=The Nation |pages=A6 |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1998-12-29 |title='Ninja' killings defy easy analysis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yvtkAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22east+java%22+ninja&pg=PA7&article_id=4125,6785997 |work=The Telegraph-Herald |pages=7A |agency=Knight Ridder News Service}}</ref> The scare began in February, with most of the deaths during the scare occurring between August and September.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Kristof |first=Nicholas D. |date=20 October 1998 |title=Fears of Sorcerers Spur Killings in Java |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/20/world/fears-of-sorcerers-spur-killings-in-java.html |work=The New York Times |publisher= |via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
The killings largely ended by the end of 1998
According to the [[National Commission on Human Rights]], 307 people were killed during the scare in total: 194 people in [[Banyuwangi Regency|Banyuwangi]], 108 in [[Jember Regency|Jember]], and seven in [[Malang]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Yulisman |first=Linda |date=2023-08-01 |title=25 years after bloody witch hunts in East Java, cases remain unresolved |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2023/08/01/25-years-after-bloody-witch-hunts-in-east-java-cases-remain-unresolved.html |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=[[The Jakarta Post]] |language=en}}</ref>
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