On October 30, 2005, three Christian girls: Theresia Morangke (15), Alfita Poliwo (17), and Yarni Sambue (17), were beheaded by Muslim jihadists in Poso on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, an area plagued by sectarian violence since 2001.
[2] After a period of relative calm, hostilities were reignited by rumors that a Muslim girl had been raped by a Christian man.
[3] The Malino peace accord was signed in 2001 and produced a dramatic decline in violence, but in the following years, tension and systematic attacks persisted.
[6] The three teenagers were walking to a private Christian school in Central Sulawesi province with their friend named Noviana Malewa, 15, when they were attacked by a group of six masked men armed with machetes.
"[1] Hasanuddin was the leader of the regional Islamic jihadist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) for the Poso district.