Noviana Malewa

Beheaded Girls Were Ramadan Trophies

Eight male attackers, six machetes, and...

The attackers cleanly beheaded three of the students but a fourth, Noviana Malewa, escaped after a struggle and ran away screaming. Her attackers gave chase but were unable to catch her.

So, Noviana Malewa is an ordinary high school girl walking to school one morning when she is surprised by a bloody attack in which her companions are brutally murdered, but she manages to escape and outrun all of her would-be killers. She didn't escape uninjured.

'All I could do was pray to Jesus for his help,' she said.

This article goes into a lot more detail about the situation in Noviana's area of Indonesia. Including this bit of information:

By the summer of 2001, with little attempt by the government to halt their migration, thousands of militants, mainly from outlawed groups such as Laksar Jihad and Jemaah Islamiyah, had travelled here with weapons, military training from Afghanistan and a mission to drive out the infidels.

For those who have trouble with chronology, the summer of 2001 is before Iraq. It's even before Afghanistan.