HTML pages designed & maintained by Alifuru67 Copyright © 1999/2001 - 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, September 15, 2001 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report no. 198 1. CONDOLENCES – The bishop and the whole Diocese of Amboina joins in remembering the victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11th. We pray for strength and courage for those bereaved of their relatives and friends. 2. “TELL THE WORLD” – When on September 1 the bishop of Amboina paid an official visit to several places in the Province of the North Moluccas, he was welcomed by multitudes consisting not only of catholics and protestants, but also – together with them – of muslims. At the village of Tedeng people urged him “to tell the whole world that the situation in the North Moluccas is more and more favourable and that the erstwhile mutual opposing parties now live in peace together”. 3. BIRTHDAY OF THE CITY OF AMBON – On September 7, 2001, the city of Ambon celebrated its 426th birthday. At various places and on various levels there were festivities, though there was not much intermingling of the mutually opposing parties. Making up the balance of the number of residents, it had to be acknowledged that the population of the city of Ambon had decreased from 350.000 before the conflict started to 202.000 at this moment. 4. THREE SOLDIERS KILLED – At noon last Saturday, September 8, 2001, three members of battalion Armed 8 Kostrad found their deaths at the military quarters of infantery battalion 733/Masariku in Ambon, where they were stationed.. For still unknown reason private Sunarto shot dead two of his fellow soldiers, named Suijono and Nurkalim. A third one, Mujiono, was wounded. It is thought that then Sunarto pulled the trigger on himself, thus killing himself. The three bodies were evacuated to Surabaya the following day. 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/baguala67 Send your comments to alifuru67@egroups.com