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30 September Movement - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Background. Insurgency on 30 September. Kidnapping and murder of generals. Takeover in Jakarta. The end of the movement in Jakarta. Events in Central Java. Aftermath. Anti-communist purge. Commemoration. Theories about the 30 September Movement.
- 1 October 1965; 58 years ago( 1965-10-01)
- Indonesia, Java and Jakarta
September 30th Movement, group of Indonesian military personnel who captured and murdered six generals in 1965, marking the commencement of the abortive coup that led to the fall from power of Sukarno, Indonesia’s first president. Late in the evening on Sept. 30, 1965, a group of army conspirators.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The killings began as an anti-communist purge following a controversial attempted coup d'état by the 30 September Movement. It was a pivotal event in the transition to the "New Order" and the elimination of PKI as a political force, with impacts on the global Cold War.
Sep 30, 2020 · This pretext event occurred during the early hours of 1 October 1965, when a small group of disgruntled military officers, calling themselves the 30 September Movement, kidnapped and murdered...
- Jess Melvin
Apr 12, 2019 · In 1965, officers from Indonesia’s presidential guard kidnapped and killed seven Indonesian military officers, in an operation known as the 30th September Movement.
Dec 22, 2017 · Early accounts of the 1965–66 period written by Indonesia researchers focused on attempting to understand the actions and motives of the 30 September Movement—an abortive coup attempt during the morning of 1 October that was blamed on the PKI and used as the “pretext” for the military’s own coup and attack against the PKI—rather ...
On 30 September 1965, six of the military's most senior officers were tortured and killed (generally labelled an "attempted coup") by the so-called 30 September Movement, a group of (allegedly) PKI members and/or sympathizers. Within a few hours, Major General Suharto mobilised forces under his command and took control of Jakarta.
