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2005 Indonesian beheadings of Christian girls

The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 4 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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2005, Theresia Morangke (15), Alfita Poliwo (17) and Yarni Sambue (17) were beheaded by militants in the Poso region on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi , an area plagued by sectarian violence since 2001.1 The attackers planned the beheadings after a visit to the Philippines .2 In 2006/07, three men were arrested and convicted in relation to the attack, one being sentenced to 20 years in prison and the others to 14 years.3 BBC News: Indonesians jailed for beheadings4

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“militant” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 4. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

beheaded by militants in the poso region on the indonesian island of sulawesi

Now

beheaded by muslim jihadists in poso

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