HTML pages designed & maintained by Alifuru67 Copyright © 1999/2000 - 1364283024 & 1367286044		Want to Help? CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA Jalan Pattimura 32 - Ambon 97124 - Indonesia Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337 E-mail: comamq@ambon.wasantara.net.id Ambon, May 25, 2001 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS Report no. 184 1. TERRORISM IN AMBON The recent new wave of killing christians is considered to be carried out by professional terrorists, either laskar jihad or military. They use standard military outfit. 2. DETAILS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTION IN KUSU-KUSU We read in today s Siwalima newspaper that at about 7.30 pm on May 23, three terrorists entered Kusu-Kusu, a village immediately adjacent to the town of Ambon. They entered the house of Mrs.Anace Huwae (43), who at that moment happened to be alone at home, and stabbed her to death. She was a former muslim who when marrying had become a christian. Her husband coming home and finding her killed, went out and gave the alarm. Returning home with three others, underway they met three males in black dresses and head-covering. One of these stabbed and wounded one of these christians using a bajonet. Then the three of them vanished in the dark. Continuing their mission, the three ninjas met two male christians and threw a grenade at them, wounding both of them. The blast caused the people to leave their houses in search of the intruders, assisted by Brimob policemen. They could at last locate the terrorists in a cave outside the village, whereup the brimobs shot two of them. The villagers then took vengeance on the bodies. They were suspected to be Javanese jihad fighters, wearing black T-shirts, dark blue trousers and black head-covering like ninjas . The third one was meanwhile identified as La Amin, a former resident of Kusu-Kusu. It seems which is not in the paper that he at last escaped, but was finished off in Kudamati. It is said that last night suicide murderers again entered the neighbourhood of Karang Panjang. Since several generators of the Electricity Company are broken down for the last nine or ten months, during the evening hours from about 6.30 pm to 10.00 pm a number of neighbourhoods and villages are cut off from electricty by turns. It is the dark neighbourhoods that are most likely to be intruded by these terrorists. 3. URGING U.N. SECURITY FORCES TO COME TO AMBON The Bishop of Amboina, Monseigneur P.C.Mandagi informed the local mass media that he has asked through the Vatican for intervention of the U.N.Security Forces in order to protect innocent civilians. By now it has been sufficiently proved that the government is not able to protect its citizens and end the conflict, which now more and more seems to be aimed at ethnic annihilation of Moluccans, causing harm to christians and muslims alike. Asked about his opinion, the chairman of the protestant GPM Synod, Minister Dr.I.W.J.Hendriks, acknowledged that, if further pressure on the Indonesian Government to intensify its efforts to protect the civilians and end the conflict, would be to no avail, they had no choice than indeed asking for this kind of intervention. 4. WHAT PEOPLE TELL& It is noon now. We learned from people (1) That some muslims (on purpose or mistakenly) entering christian neighbourhoods have been killed by christians; among others this morning three intruders in the OSM area. (2) That the Police just now phoned the schools advising the children to be sent home, since vehicles with suicide fighters are roaming about. (3) That also muslim neighbourhoods suffer from creeping in terrorists; they assume them to be christians. (4) That from the muslim neighbourhood of Waihaong several children have been kidnapped. C.J.Böhm MSc, Secretary of Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina Received via e-mail from : Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina Copyright © 1999-2001  - Ambon Berdarah On-Line * http://www.go.to/ambon HTML pages designed and maintained by Alifuru67 * http://www.oocities.org/maluku67 Send your comments to alifuru67@egroups.com