IT was dawn and drizzling at Talangsari, 19 years ago on Monday, February 7. Muslims were preparing for their prayers. The sounds of gunshots were suddenly heard. The noise made by bullets whizzing by could be heard by Warsidi’s followers in a hamlet within the district of Way Jepara, Central Lampung. The cries of people broke the silence.

Four Mobile Brigade platoons of the Black Garuda Military Area Command of Central Lampung were charging a