The police reported that 13 armed protesters and one policeman were killed, while an investigating committee estimated the number at 60 or more.
Two days of riots occurred in which armed protesters attacked the police station and set fourteen buildings on fire, including Jourdain's home.
He also was very concerned there might be a "mini-civil war" between the U.S. Army troops and armed protesters.
He was responsible for the Kwangju Massacre in May 1980 when police and soldiers battled armed protesters.
The government said it was forced to take the step because armed protesters were threatening staff and patients.
On 29 December 2011, the pesantren was attacked by a group of armed anti-Shiite protesters.
Apparently there were about a dozen armed protesters.
It was unclear how many died at the hands of the National Guard and how many were killed by armed protesters.
Last October, the president resigned after at least 80 people were killed in confrontations between heavily armed soldiers and lightly armed indigenous protesters.
On 1 November, around 200 armed protesters and militiamen occupied the parliament vicinity, blocking the roads heading to the building.