HTML pages designed & maintained by Alifuru67 Copyright © 1999/2000 - 1364283024 & 1367286044		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, September 25, 2000 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS Report no. 61 Protestant minister Ds. P.G.Manoppo reports from Saparua, that the attack on the christian village of Pia in the morning of Saturday September 23, resulted in the burning or badly damaging of about 60% of the village (74 houses, the church and several other public facilities). The attackers used standard weapons, mortirs and grenades. Five civilians were wounded. Most of the villagers fled to Tiow and Tuhaha. From the village of Noloth, which was attacked on September 22 (see Report 59 no.3), only two houses are reported to have been destroyed; 21 civilians were wounded. In the afternoon of September 23, christians from the villages of Noloth and Ihamahu retaliated by launching an assault on the islam village of Iha. 80 houses of this village were destroyed, about 470 villagers fled to the islam village of Tulehu on the island of Ambon. The muslim secretariate reports that on their side eight were killed and three wounded. The information about two Brimob policemen having been killed (see the last part of Report 60) proves to be incorrect. They were not killed but wounded. Their names: Bharatu Puto Purba and Bhrada Darwis Iferson. Three additional companies of military have been dispatched to Saparua. Since the military on Saparua now outnumber the police forces by far, the governor has assigned military chief commander, I Made Yasa, as responsible for the combined forces on Saparua, instead of police chief commander Firman Gani. I Made Yasa beseeched the christians of Saparua to leave their prejudice towards the military behind. Ambon meanwhile was quiet but for the burning of three empty houses and the launching of some mortirs. Tomorrow sixteen combined christian churches in Ambon will start nine days of mourning, repentance and prayer (up to October 4). The opening day is to be a day of fasting and abstinence, abstaining also from daily work. Christians are asked to wear a mourning patch on their left sleeves. CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA, Msgr Jos Tethool MSC, Auxiliary Bishop 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/ambon67 Send your comments to alifuru67@egroups.com