The Jakarta Post, 8/4/2002 7:29:15 PM
Land mine kills one in Indonesia's restive Ambon
JAKARTA (JP) - A man identified as Mareuz Lerenz was killed after stepping on a
land mine near the restive eastern Indonesian city of Ambon, agencies reported.
He died at a polyclinic in Ambon on Saturday, two hours after he stepped on the
mine, which was on a rarely used footpath in hills on the outskirts of Ambon, after
returning with a friend from hunting. His left leg was blown off.
Ambon is the capital of an island of the same name. The area has been troubled by
violence between Muslims and Christians despite a peace pact in February that aims
at ending more than three years of sectarian clashes there.
Peace has returned to most of the Maluku islands where thousands died in
Muslim-Christian violence that began in January 1999.
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