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The Trisakti Shootings, Indonesia 1998
Four students from Trisakti university were shot dead protesting against the rule of President Suharto. Their deaths triggered days of deadly riots in Jakarta in 1998
Four students from the elite Trisakti university in Jakarta were shot dead during a protest against the rule of President Suharto. Their deaths triggered days of deadly rioting. Just over a week later, the regime fell. We hear from one of the students who was there.
(Photo: Rioter in Jakarta, May 1998 Credit: Associated Press)
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