Sumanto (born Purbalingga, Central Java 3 March 1972) is a cannibal from Indonesia. Purbalingga is a regency (kabupaten in Central Java province in Indonesia. Central Java ( Provinsi Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cannibalism (from Spanish es ''caníbal'' in connection with cannibalism among the Antillean Caribs, also called anthropophagy (from Greek ἄνθρωπος The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. In early 2003, he stole the dead body of an eighty-one year old woman who had been buried for less than 24 hours before he ate her. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. He believes that this action will give him supernatural power. The term supernatural or supranatural ( Latin: super, supra "above" + natura "nature" pertains to entities events

Sumanto's belief is based on local mysticism. Mysticism (from the Greek grc μυστικός mystikos, an initiate of a Mystery religion) is the pursuit of communion with identity Experts believe that Sumanto suffers from mental illness. Mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as Sumanto is now placed in a pesantren. Pesantren or Pondok Pesantren are Islamic Boarding schools in Indonesia His action was seen as "disturbing to the community".

See also

• Cannibalism

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