Banyuwangi

Associated Press Rescuers carried the body of a victim of a shipwreck from a beach in Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia on Thursday.

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People attacked our home in Tumenggungan area in Banyuwangi city.

Archive 2007-10-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

The song had become associated with Gerwani members in less violent times; the composer, Arif, had hailed from the PKI-friendly Banyuwangi region, and had been a member of LEKRA, the PKI's cultural committee.

Shadow play Matthew Guerrieri 2007

People attacked our home in Tumenggungan area in Banyuwangi city.

Shadow play Matthew Guerrieri 2007

Irwin Fedriansyah/Associated Press UPHILL CLIMB: Miners carried buckets of sulfur at the crater of Ijen volcano in Banyuwangi, Indonesia, Thursday.

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The song had become associated with Gerwani members in less violent times; the composer, Arif, had hailed from the PKI-friendly Banyuwangi region, and had been a member of LEKRA, the PKI's cultural committee.

Archive 2007-10-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

In the killings in Banyuwangi, there were muscular men with short haircuts (typical of the military forces) who were caught as provocateurs, but then released without any explanation by the authorities.

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By the end of September, there was an average of three killings a day, and the killings—and paranoia—were spreading from Banyuwangi to neighboring cities.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

Chapter 5: Black Ninjas and Jihad in Ambon 1. Author interview, Banyuwangi, Indonesia, October 22, 1998.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

For four months, from July to October, 182 people were brutally killed and dismembered in a brazen and successful attempt to terrorize residents in the town of Banyuwangi, a stronghold of mysticism where sorcery and black magic are as much a part of life as Islam, creating a unique religious blend easily stirred into violence.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003