Indonesia: Gruesome video emerges of attacks on Ahmadiyya Muslims

A man clad in black leather jacket and a skull cap is seen leading the attackers. He simply tells plainclothed police officers, presumably guarding outside the house, to get out of the way and his followers, all of whom used a blue ribbon on their chest, shouted "Infidel! Infidel."

Muslims killing an 'infidel' in Cikeusik village, Indonesia

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: Al-Jazeera | Youtube
By AhmadiyyaTimes staff | February 7, 2011
Adopted from Andreas Harsono's video description

A horrific video footage emerged Monday from Cikeusik village, a seven hours drive from Jakarta, where about 21 Ahmadiyya men were attacked by a mob anti-Ahmadiyya Islamists in numbers reported between 1,000 and 1,500 in the news media.

The video shows that hundreds of villagers began to encircle the house owned by an Ahmadiyah leader nicknamed Parman, at around 10 am Sunday, February 6, 2011.

A man clad in black leather jacket and a skull cap is seen leading the attackers. He simply tells plainclothed police officers, presumably guarding outside the house, to get out of the way and his followers, all of whom used a blue ribbon on their chest, shouted "Infidel! Infidel."


An Army man is seen persuading the blue-ribbon men not to attack.

The video shows two police trucks parked outside the house and a single uniformed policeman is seen on the scene trying to persuade the man in black leather jacket not to attack the house. The leading man simply waves the police away.

In five seconds, hundreds of the attackers entered the house where 21 Ahmadiyah men were staying inside.

The Ahmadiyah members were no match for the more than 1,000 villagers who were attacking their house.

Soon the attackers took over the house, ordering the Ahmadiyah men to strip naked and burning the house, a van and a motorcycle.

Several video footages showed gruesome violence against naked Ahmadiyah men. They're beaten with wooden sticks, hoes and machetes.

Contrary to the to reports files by Antrara, the state-run news agency, in the immediate aftermath of the killings, Ahmadiyya are not seen attacking in the video footage accept for standing guard to protect the house of their leader.

Both, Antrara news agency and the statements attributed to Pandeglang Police Chief Alex Fauzy Rasyad  went into a tail-chase to assert a pro-FPI stance in the news, alleging that Ahmadiyya members provoked the villagers into attacking the house.

-- Andreas Harsono

Watch video footage here: Anti-Ahmadiyah Violence in Cikeusik