The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/zahrul3 on 2024-12-04 04:54:01.

Original Title: TIL of the 1998 East Java Ninja killings, in which “ninjas” clad in all-black killed numerous people (many of which were notable religious leaders) suspected of “sorcery” after numerous cattle died mysteriously. In turn, villagers began killing anyone that suspiciously looked like a “ninja”.