ABC AUSTRALIA, 22/10/2004 17:02:13
Man shot outside church in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi
Indonesian police say a man has been shot and wounded in Central Sulawesi, in the
latest attack against non-Muslims in the area.
Police say the victim was inside the grounds of the Bethany Church in Poso town
when he was shot in the neck late on Thursday.
No suspects have been arrested.
Last week, a Hindu woman was killed and two Christian men were wounded when a
group of attackers fired randomly into houses in Poso.
On the same day in a rural district south of the provincial capital Palu, two Christians
died in a machete attack.
Among other violent incidents this year was the assassination in May of a Christian
prosecutor who handled terrorism cases in Palu.
The International Crisis Group blames many of the Christian deaths in Poso on
Mujahidin KOMPAK, an outfit with loose affiliations to the Jemaah Islamiah extremist
group.
22/10/2004 17:02:13 | ABC Asia Pacific
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