japanese historian kenʼichi gotō wrote that around two thousand indonesians in semarang were killed due to the incident, while on the other hand dutch historian p. m. h. groen suggested that less than 300 were killed. eyewitness accounts suggested that some streets in semarang were "littered with corpses" and in one locale a ditch was blocked by corpses. japanese historian kenʼichi gotō wrote that 187 were killed in fighting, while kido reported forty-two soldiers killed, forty-three wounded and 213 missing, not including those massacred at bulu which consisted of 108 killed, 18 wounded and 18 missing.