Lospalos case

The Lospalos case, also known as the Lospalos massacre or Lautém massacre, refers to the series of killings committed by the Indonesian Army and Pro-Indonesian militias from around April to September 1999 during the 1999 East Timorese Crisis, in the area in and around Lospalos, Lautém.^[1]^[2]

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Lospalos massacre
Part of the 1999 East Timorese crisis
Location	Lautém Municipality, East Timor
Date	April – September 1999
Target	East Timorese civilians and independence supporters
Attack type	Mass killings and enforced disappearances
Deaths	46+
Perpetrators	Indonesian Army and several Pro-Indonesia militias
Motive	Anti-Catholic sentiment and genocidal intent

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On 21 April, Pro-Indonesian militants tortured and stabbed to death a Falintil member Evaristo Lopes.^[3] That same day Virgilio de Sousa was stabbed to death in his home in Somoco. Two days later a former Falintil member, Lamberto da Silva was killed by Indonesian soldiers in Cacaven.^[1]

In September, nine people, Afonso dos Santos, Nberto da Luz, Nato, Joao, Sikito, Olantino, Jaime, Marito, Serpa Pinto and Francisco dos Santos disappeared in Fuiloro after having been detained by Indonesian soldiers.^[1]

On 9 September Indonesian soldiers Mateus Nunes was killed at their post in Cacaven, they then cut his throat and threw his body in a well.^[1]

From 8–10 September Antonio da Costa, Ambrosio Bernardino Alves, Julio de Jesus, Florencio Monteiro and Florentino Monteiro were shot dead by Indonesian soldiers while in custody in Fuiloro.^[1]

From 10 to 13 September five Joaquim Ovi Marais, Antonio Oliveira, Marito Bernardino, Paul and Serafim were killed by Indonesian soldiers in Raça.^[1]

Around 13 September, Martinho Branco, Marcelio Jeronimo, Julião de Azis and Helder de Azis were detained and then killed by Indonesian soldiers in Fuiloro.^[1]

On 20 Indonesian soldiers tortured and beat to dead Agusto Soares and João Gomes on a beach in Parlamento, another man Amilcar Barros was killed as well. The next day Team Alfa members murdered Afredo Araújo and Calisto Rodrigues. That same day in Com, João Viela was killed, Benedito Marques Cabral was also killed nearby.^[1]

On 25 September Indonesian soldiers and members of Team Alfa shot dead nine people on the bank of the Malailada (Veromoco) River, killing nuns Erminia Cazzaniga and Maria Celeste de Carvalho Pinto, a priest Jacinto Francisco Xavier, seminarians Titi Sandora Cornelio Lopes and Valerio Pereira de Conceição, a nurse Dora, a church employee Fernando dos Santos, a teenage altar boy Cristovão Rudy Freitas Barato and an Indonesian journalist Agus Muliawan.^[1]

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