ABC AUSTRALIA, 23/11/2003 13:20:36
Gunshots fired in Indonesia's restive Poso district
Tensions have risen after shooting was heard in the religiously divided Poso district of
Indonesia's Central Sulawesi.
District deputy police chief Rudi Trenggono said residents in the villages of Matako
and Lage in Poso reported they heard gunshots on Thursday and Friday nights.
He said there were no casualties.
He said Poso was safe but "people were a bit tense" because of the shootings,
adding that a security force of about 3,000 men was on alert.
Last weekend an elderly church official and his driver were killed in Poso by unknown
gunmen.
Up to 1,000 people were killed in Muslim-Christian battles which broke out in the
Poso district in 2000.
23/11/2003 13:20:36 | ABC Radio Australia News
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