Three Christian school girls were barbarically beheaded by masked attackers in in the highly tense province of Central Sulawesi, west Indonesia.
A fourth girl could escape the attack, but she was left seriously wounded.
The region is well known for its violence between the Muslims and Christians, and a sectarian war in 2001 and 2002 killed more than 1,000 people, with beheadings, burnings among the horror witnessed. The government has attempted a number of times to mediate a ceasefire and a truce between the two sides, but the persecution against Christians has resumed with horrendous results.
