HTML pages designed & maintained by Alifuru67 Copyright © 1999/2000 - 1364283024 & 1367286044		Ambon Island   Ambon City        Latupatti   Want to Help? Passenger ferry fired upon while sailing in Ambon Bay Indonesian Observer Saturday, May 12 - 2001 JAKARTA (IO) — A passenger ferry, the KM Kalifornia was shot at while heading to the port of Galala, Baguala subdistrict, Ambon, yesterday in Ambon Bay at around 3:20 pm. The vessel was shot at when cruising the waters between Rumah Tiga village, Kapahaha, and Batu Merah, destination Gudang Arang. The hundreds of passengers on board the vessel were shocked by the barrage of gunfire, and had to literally ‘hit the deck’ to avoid being hit by the artillery fire. Some of the passengers said the shots came from the coast of Rumah Tiga and Batumerah. A number of mariners who were escorting another motor vessel, Anda II, also with passengers from Gudang Arang heading to Galala, retaliated and fired their guns in the direction of the coast where the wild shots emanated from. Because of the incident, the captain of KM Kalifornia cancelled the trip to Gudang Arang and headed for the naval base in Ambon for protection. Nobody was hurt during the shootings. Many locals in Ambon and Maluku own pistols as well as long-barrelled rifles as they were reportedly supplied by sympathetic countries or from illegal supplies in other islands. Raids have been launched to collect all kinds of weapons including firearms but the latter are still prevalent in the war-torn region, which makes the volatile situation increasingly tense. 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