ABC AUSTRALIA, 17/11/2003 19:00:18
Troops on alert in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province
Thousands of troops are on alert to prevent fresh sectarian violence in Indonesia's
Central Sulawesi province after the weekend murder of three Christians.
Poso deputy police chief, Rudi Trenggono, says the force is standing by in the Poso
and Morowali districts.
An elderly Christian church official and his driver were shot dead by unidentified
attackers in the Poso Pesisir area on Saturday.
In another incident an angry mob of 300 Muslims beat to death a 23-year-old Christian
man during a protest rally.
Up to a thousand people were killed in Muslim-Christian battles which broke out in the
Poso district in 2000.
The government brokered a peace deal in December 2001 but sporadic bloodshed
continues.
17/11/2003 19:00:18 | ABC Radio Australia News
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