[1] The massacre began at Wirjo's home, where he attacked his adoptive son Renny and his friend Arbaiyah, both 4-years-old, with a parang and a sickle.
Then the people from the village tried to find Wirjo but failed, only to be met by many dead bodies spread across a field.
By the end of the day Wirjo had hacked a total of 32 people, most of them farmers on the way to their fields and students going to school.
As the culprit was nowhere to be found authorities temporarily suspended classes at local schools, while people locked themselves in their homes.
After an extensive manhunt, including police, dogs, and the army, Wirjo was found the next day just 5 kilometres (3 miles) west of his house, dangling from the roots of a tree growing over a riverbank.