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With the rebels contained to the city, a 5-day-long shelling of the city was started, destroying much of the old city and killing countless civilians. After the shelling KNIL troops were led lose upon the city and it was here that what modern-day Sunda historians call the Butchering of Johor started. KNIL soldiers started wide-scale executions against anyone who could pose a threat, they set fire to the parts of the city not destroyed and eventually headed towards the sultan's palace. |
With the rebels contained to the city, a 5-day-long shelling of the city was started, destroying much of the old city and killing countless civilians. After the shelling KNIL troops were led lose upon the city and it was here that what modern-day Sunda historians call the Butchering of Johor started. KNIL soldiers started wide-scale executions against anyone who could pose a threat, they set fire to the parts of the city not destroyed and eventually headed towards the sultan's palace. |
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In the palace what happened is not clear but what is clear is on that day that the Johor lineage ended. |
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In the palace, depending on who you ask to this day it's quite a controversial topic, KNIL forces either dragged the sultan's family out of their hiding places or simply killed them. Or according to Sunda historians, KNIL soldiers dragged out the sultan's daughter and started to rape them before killing them in front of the sultan's eyes with him being the last to die but not before seeing his entire family line come to an end. |
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To this day this remains a highly controversial topic. |
To this day this remains a highly controversial topic. |
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