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CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA Jalan Pattimura 32 - Ambon 97124 - Indonesia Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337 E-mail: compro@ambon.wasantara.net.id Ambon, October 10, 2000 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS - Report no. 72 Being in Jakarta, police chief Commander Firman Gani will ask for an additional Compagnie of Brimob police forces specifically to consolidate security on the island of Saparua. According to local newspapers, the attack on Sirisori Amalatu (christian) during these last few days was carried out with mortars and organic weaponry, outdoing the weapons of the security forces. 171 houses and the protestant church were destroyed. The total houses destroyed in Sirisori Amalatu is now 340. What is left of the village: 15 houses and two schoolbuildings. Several thousands of panicking residents took refuge in the nearby woods or fled to the town of Saparua. Meanwhile on christian side, Joseph Lekahena was killed by a bullet while fishing at sea. On Monday September 9, conflict at the border of Sirisori Islam and Ulath flared up as well. Forty Brimob police and 192 military forces have been sent to the location in order to restore order and carry out intensive sweeping on weapons. This sweeping reportedly started at Sirisori Kristen and not at Sirisori Islam which would have been more obvious. To avoid any conflict between the police and the military, the 40 additional Brimob policemen are being stationed at the town of Saparua for four days, until sweeping activities by the military are finished. This violence resulted in several casualties: On christian side three christians from Ulath were killed by bullets, whereas in Sirisori Amalatu one christian was killed by security forces while sweeping was underway. A number of Yonif 403 military (Infantery Battalion 403) was reported to engage actively in the attack on Sirisori kristen. Three of them are reported to be killed: N.Kurniawan, Suyanto and Seru Paryono. However a military spokesman only confirmed three soldiers to have been injured. The MUI (Islam Board) confirmed that 5 muslims were wounded, whereas another 5 were missing. Unconfirmed sources say that 5 laskar jihad have been killed as well. In Ambon town, at the border between Tanah Lapang Kecil and Batugantung (called "Paradise") a christian from Kudamati, named Arizona, was stabbed and died shortly afterwards in hospital. Another website on the conflict in the Moluccas: http://www.paxchristi.nl Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina C.J.Böhm MSc Secretary   Received via e-mail from : Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina  Copyright © 1999-2000  - Ambon Berdarah On-Line * http://www.go.to/ambon HTML pages designed and maintained by Alifuru67 * http://www.oocities.org/alifuru67 Send your comments to alifuru67@egroups.com