‘Money-multiplying shaman’ allegedly kills 12 in Central Java

Search and rescue workers exhume bodies allegedly belonging to victims of Slamet Tohari on the edge of a forest in Wanayasa district, Banjarnegara regency, Central Java, on April 3, 2023. - JP/Central Java Police Public Relations

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Banjarnegara Police in Central Java have arrested 45-year-old Slamet Tohari who has allegedly killed at least 12 people he had promised to multiply money for.

In the past week, police have exhumed the remains of his victims, buried in the woods outside his residence in Balun, Wanayasa district.