Three Indonesian cult members were beaten to death by fellow cultists whe the 9/9/99 doomsday prediction failed to materialise, the Jakarta Post said.

Like many cults across the country, members were told to prepare for the end of the world at 9 am on Sept 9.

They sold their personal possessions and for nine days before the big day, locked themselves up in their homes.

When nothing happened, the cult members lost control, the newspaper said. "The members were really mad," said Saadi Arsam, village chief of Sukmajaya, east Java. Police are investigating.

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), September 13, 1999

Answers

I wonder if Saadi dialled 999 for the cops...

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), September 13, 1999.

"Like many cults across the country, members were told to prepare for the end of the world at 9 am on Sept 9."

Who told them? This wouldn't by any chance have anything to do with the secret U.S. "advisors" who have stirred things up in Indonesia?

-- Linda (lwmb@psln.com), September 13, 1999.

Three Indonesian cult members were beaten to death by fellow cultists whe the 9/9/99 doomsday prediction failed to materialise, the Jakarta Post said.

Portents of things to come. . .

-- (not@long.now), September 13, 1999.

"9.9.99 Glitch causes three to die...": a slightly misleading title perhaps. Seems more to be "Lack of 9.9.99 Glitches causes three to die".

-- Call me pedantic... (qwerty@uiop.asd), September 13, 1999.

Pedantic :)

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), September 13, 1999.

You could say they BEAT the DEADline.

Nyuk nyuk.

-- Forrest Covington (theforrest@mindspring.com), September 13, 1999.

Andy,

Do you have a link for this or did you dream it?

-- (Link@link.dream), September 13, 1999.

I think it's reliable - got it from a source that lives in Singapore...

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), September 13, 1999.