The Jakarta Post, April 19, 2004
More bombs, weapons found in Poso
PALU, Central Sulawesi: Security personnel again found on Sunday 21 homemade
live bombs in Poso Pesisir district during a door-to-door search for arms, only a day
after the discovery of 17 live bombs in the same district.
Besides the bombs, the joint police and military team also found 27 arrows, a bow
and two homemade rifles. All of these had been hidden by unknown parties under a
bridge, and other items were buried in a cacao plantation belonging to local residents.
They were found in separate places in six subdistricts in Poso Pesisir district, namely
Masamba, Tokorondo, Ratulene, Kasiguncu, Tiwaa and Masani.
Sr. Comr. M. Rum, the head of Sintuwu Maroso Operation Task Force, said that
security personnel would continue searching for bombs and weapons until the
situation returned to normal in the troubled regency of Poso. The Sintuwu Maroso
operation has been run by security personnel since last year, in order to prevent the
return of bloody sectarian clashes to the regency.
The clashes erupted in the regency in 2000, killing some 2,000 Muslims and
Christians. The situation returned largely to normal after a government-brokered peace
pact in 2002, but sporadic attacks still occurred until recently in the regency. -- JP
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