Suharto moved quickly to use the events of September 30th as a means to consolidate his power and dictatorship–accusing the Indonesian Communist Party (Partai Komunis Indonesia or ‘PKI’) of being behind the murders. The September 30th Movement then became a pretext for the murders of a million innocent civilians under the guidance of General Suharto: a military leader, eventual dictator, and friend of the United States. The officers were kidnapped, tortured, murdered, and had their bodies discarded in an unused well in East Jakarta. On this day, Indonesian military conspirators targeted six superior officers under speculation that they planned a coup against President Sukarno. The murders began after a military coup on September 30th, 1965, known as the September 30th Movement or Gerakan 30 September ( G30SPKI). From 1965 through 1966, Indonesia executed a wave of US-backed anti-communist mass killings that reached a death toll of, at least, 1,000,000 civilians.
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