Rev. Susianti a mistaken target in Poso church shooting
Ruslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, Palu, April 16, 2007

Dressed in black trousers and jackets, two men stepped off their motorcycles and walked casually toward Efatha church in the South Palu district of Central Sulawesi, one of them carrying an M-16 rifle.
At the entrance to the church, one of the men, Basri alias Bagong, shot the reverend who was giving a sermon twice. Rev. Susianti Tinulele fell to the floor bleeding.
The other man, Anang Muhtadin alias Papa Enal, watched from outside the church, carrying an SS-1 rifle.
After killing Susianti, Basri and Papa Enal left the church and returned to their motorcycles where Iwan Irano and Ardin were waiting to drive them to Karanjalemba street one kilometer away where Haris was waiting.
Basri and Papa Enal gave their rifles to Haris and Abdul Muis who took the motorcycles and the rifles back to their headquarters in the BTN Palupi housing complex in South Palu.
Basri and Iwan Irano returned to Poso using the Alugoro travel service, while Papa Enal and Ardin returned to Poso with New Armada travel.
The chain of events at the church were presented Saturday during a case reconstruction of Susianti's murder, which took place on July 18, 2004.
Based on suspects' testimonies, the men's original target was not Susianti, but Rev. Irianto Kongkoli, who at the time was conducting a service for displaced people in Poso at another church and had been replaced by Susianti.
"After questioning suspects, we learned that the real target of the shooting was Rev. Irianto Kongkoli," Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig. Gen. Badrodin Haiti told The Jakarta Post at the site of the case reconstruction on Saturday.
Rev. Irianto Kongkoli, the secretary general of the South Sulawesi Christian Church, was shot dead in October last year while shopping with his wife in Palu.
His murder was condemned by both Christians and Muslims. Irianto was known for his close relationships with Muslim leaders in Palu and was involved in promoting a peaceful resolution to the conflict, while often staunchly criticizing the poor performance of security forces in the province.
Badrodin said that before shooting Rev. Susianti, the suspects were called to a housing complex in Poso where they were assigned by Haris to shoot a reverend in Efatha church.
After receiving their instructions, the suspects then surveyed the location and the route they would take before and after the shooting.
Previously, Ardin told the Post that after the shooting he took the motorcycles back to Karanjalemba and then returned to the site of the shooting.
"We were at the location of the shooting when the police arrived and were placed in the police line. Only the police did not recognize us because we mingled with the crowd," Ardin said.
He said that after confirming their target was dead, they went back to Poso on public transport.
The vehicles they were traveling in were stopped and searched outside the Central Sulawesi Police office in the Mamboro subdistrict in North Palu.
"We stepped out of the vehicle but again were not recognized by police and could escape again," Ardin said.