ABC AUSTRALIA, 01/05/2004 18:14:26
Sectarian violence subsides in Indonesia's Ambon
Violence has reportedly subsided in the eastern Indonesian city of Ambon after
week-long Muslim-Christian clashes that have left 37 people dead.
AFP quotes local residents as saying only sporadic gunfire was heard overnight.
A banned parade by Christian separatists sparked off the bloodshed on April 25 in
Ambon, the Maluku provincial capital.
The violence was the worst since a February 2002 pact ended three years of religious
battles in which some 5,000 people died.
About 180 people have been injured. Hundreds of homes and many other buildings
including the United Nations mission were set ablaze.
01/05/2004 18:14:26 | ABC Radio Australia News
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