
d: 1897
Summary
Name:
AntakinYears Active:
1897Status:
DeceasedClass:
Mass MurdererVictims:
15Method:
StabbingDeath:
May 27, 1897Nationality:
North Borneo
d: 1897
Summary: Mass Murderer
Name:
AntakinStatus:
DeceasedVictims:
15Method:
StabbingNationality:
North BorneoDeath:
May 27, 1897Years Active:
1897Antakin was from Borneo. He worked as a coolie. He lived in Gunsat's Kampong near Keningau in North Borneo.
Reports note an event on May 27, 1897. They say his wife was Sumboh. The reports also name a man called Egah in connection with Sumboh.
Named in the reports were Belawan, Bindong, Dingnat, Lana, Lapidan, Latam, Pandong, Rumoh, Sambing, Sindon, Sumboh, Tadauh, Telukhan, Tuangud, and Umok.
Antakin was a Bornean mass murderer who, on May 27, 1897, in Gunsat's Kampong near Keningau, North Borneo, killed six women and nine men, three of them youths, and wounded two other women and a man.
According to reports, Antakin, a coolie, killed his wife Sumboh after finding out she had an affair with a man named Egah. He then rushed through the street stabbing people at random with his kris. He was shot dead by one of Gunsat's followers.
The named victims were Belawan (female), Bindong (male), Dingnat (male), Lana (male), Lapidan (female), Latam (youth), Pandong (male), Rumoh (youth), Sambing (male), Sindon (female), Sumboh (Antakin's wife), Tadauh (female), Telukhan (male), Tuangud (youth), and Umok (female).