They were assisted greatly in this by East Timorese pro-Indonesian militias . The militia groups for each district of East Timor were even more ruthless than the Indonesian military in most cases . Often , they knew their victims , and in many well-documented cases they had known their victims their entire lives , usually coming from the same villages or neighborhoods . The Aitarak gained the most notoriety , because they were the main militia group in the capital city and Dili district as a whole . It was here where international press were most present , and then the reports were mostly about what happened in Dili itself , and therefore with the Aitarak . Cases such as the Liquiçá Church massacre , and the Suai Church massacre , as well as Catholic nuns that were killed in Lospalos were largely unknown for a time
Suai Church massacre
Suai Church massacre
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