[Nasional-e] Four killed, 300 buildings burned in fresh violence

Thu Sep 19 22:00:57 2002

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The Jakarta Post
20 Sept. 2002

Four killed, 300 buildings burned in fresh violence=20

JAKARTA (JP): The situation in Haruku, Central Maluku, has gradually =
returned to normal following an outbreak of violence on Wednesday that =
claimed the lives of five people and burned down 300 buildings, =
including five churches.=20

Sr. Comr. Anthonius Bambang Suedy, the deputy chief of the Maluku =
Provincial Police, said there was no need to deploy security personnel =
to Haruku because the situation was under control.=20

"The chief of police in Pelauw has been ordered to regularly report on =
the situation in Haruku to take any immediate measures if the situation =
worsens," =19Antara=19 news agency quoted Suedy as saying in Ambon, the =
capital of Maluku, on Thursday.=20

He called on people outside Haruku not to be easily provoked by the =
incident in order to prevent violence from spreading to other areas.=20

Violence spread on Wednesday to Ambon with one person killed and one =
house burned down.=20

The incident was triggered by a trivial dispute between youths of the =
Pelauw and Kailolo villages in Haruku subdistrict during a local feast =
on Sept. 14. There were no details available on the incident. Three =
people were killed and two others were injured.=20

On Sunday one person was also killed when armed men attacked three =
villages in the northern part of Morotai, an island off the northwestern =
tip of Halmahera island in North Maluku, said a police officer in the =
neighboring district of Tobelo.=20

The police officer named the villages as Pangeo, Kusobo and Soara but =
declined to provide further information. He said the security situation =
had since returned to normal.=20

Sectarian violence between Muslims and Christians first erupted on Ambon =
island in January 1999 and quickly spread to the other islands in Maluku =
and North Maluku.=20

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<P><FONT face=3D"Helvetica, Arial" size=3D3><B>Four killed, 300 =
buildings burned in=20
fresh violence</B></FONT>=20
<P><FONT face=3D"Arial, Helvetica" size=3D2>JAKARTA (JP): The situation =
in Haruku,=20
Central Maluku, has gradually returned to normal following an outbreak =
of=20
violence on Wednesday that claimed the lives of five people and burned =
down 300=20
buildings, including five churches.=20
<P>Sr. Comr. Anthonius Bambang Suedy, the deputy chief of the Maluku =
Provincial=20
Police, said there was no need to deploy security personnel to Haruku =
because=20
the situation was under control.=20
<P>"The chief of police in Pelauw has been ordered to regularly report =
on the=20
situation in Haruku to take any immediate measures if the situation =
worsens,"=20
=19Antara=19 news agency quoted Suedy as saying in Ambon, the capital of =
Maluku, on=20
Thursday.=20
<P>He called on people outside Haruku not to be easily provoked by the =
incident=20
in order to prevent violence from spreading to other areas.=20
<P>Violence spread on Wednesday to Ambon with one person killed and one =
house=20
burned down.=20
<P>The incident was triggered by a trivial dispute between youths of the =
Pelauw=20
and Kailolo villages in Haruku subdistrict during a local feast on Sept. =
14.=20
There were no details available on the incident. Three people were =
killed and=20
two others were injured.=20
<P>On Sunday one person was also killed when armed men attacked three =
villages=20
in the northern part of Morotai, an island off the northwestern tip of =
Halmahera=20
island in North Maluku, said a police officer in the neighboring =
district of=20
Tobelo.=20
<P>The police officer named the villages as Pangeo, Kusobo and Soara but =

declined to provide further information. He said the security situation =
had=20
since returned to normal.=20
<P>Sectarian violence between Muslims and Christians first erupted on =
Ambon=20
island in January 1999 and quickly spread to the other islands in Maluku =
and=20
North Maluku. </P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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