Antakin

Antakin was a Bornean mass murderer, who killed six women and nine men, three of them youths, and wounded two other women and a man in Gunsat's Kampong near Keningau, North Borneo, on May 27, 1897. According to reports Antakin, a coolie, killed his wife after finding out that she had an affair with a man named Egah, and then rushed through the street stabbing people at random with his kris, until he was shot dead by one of Gunsat's followers.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Antakin
DiedMay 27, 1897
Gunsat's Kampong, North Borneo
Cause of deathShot dead
Spouse(s)Sumboh
Details
DateMay 27, 1897
Location(s)Gunsat's Kampong, North Borneo
Killed15
Injured3
WeaponsKris

Victims
  • 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
  • Umok, female

References
  1. Belfast News-Letter (July 28, 1897)
  2. Terrible case of running amok, The West Australian (July 17, 1897)
  3. A madman runs amuck, killing fifteen people, Auckland Star (September 11, 1897)
  4. Terrible amok in North Borneo, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (June 14, 1897)
  5. Terrible amok, The Straits Times (June 14, 1897)
  6. What Running Amuck Means, Chicago Daily Tribune (July 19, 1897)
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