on 29 october 2005 three girls who attended the church's school were found beheaded near poso. the girls were killed by six unidentified assailants while on their way to class. the victims were identified as yarni sambue (15), theresia morangke (16), and alfita poliwo (17). police obtained the descriptions of events and the attackers from a survivor, noviana malewa (15), who suffered wounds to her face and is in intensive care. the murdered girls are all cousins of noviana malewa, who has not been told of their deaths. the girls' bodies were found at the scene of the attack — near a cocoa plantation — and their heads were found at separate locations; one near a church.