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There have been a number of theories regarding who was behind killings.

Some have argued that the killings were encouraged covertly by the military in an effort to destabilize the new Indonesian government, or to weaken Nahdlatul Ulama or the emerging Islamic the [[National Awakening Party]]. [[Nahdlatul Ulama]] has claimed that security forces were involved. The [[National Commission on Human Rights]] concluded in 2018 that the murders were "conducted by 'trained' and 'organized' assailants, and that national security forces enabled the killings by not intervening until September 1998.<ref name=":2" />

== Impacts ==