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Banjarsari massacre, the Glossary

The Banjarsari massacre occurred on 15 April 1987, when a 42-year-old farmer named Wirjo killed 20 people and wounded 12 others in the village of Banjarsari in Banyuwangi Regency, Indonesia.^[1]

Banyuwangi Regency

Banyuwangi Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of East Java province in Indonesia.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Manila Standard

The Manila Standard is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines.

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Mass murder

Mass murder is the violent crime of killing a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity.

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Mass stabbing

A mass stabbing is a single incident in which multiple victims are injured or killed with a sharp object thrusted at the victims, piercing through the skin and injuring the victims.

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Murder–suicide

A murder–suicide is an act where an individual intentionally kills one or more people before killing themselves.

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New Straits Times

The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia.

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Parang (knife)

The parang is a type of knife used across the Malay archipelago.

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A sickle, bagging hook, reaping-hook or grasshook is a single-handed agricultural tool designed with variously curved blades and typically used for harvesting or reaping grain crops, or cutting succulent forage chiefly for feeding livestock.

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Suicide by hanging

Suicide by hanging is the intentional killing of oneself (suicide) via suspension from an anchor-point such as an overhead beam or hook, by a rope or cord or by jumping from a height with a noose around the neck.

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