ASIA Pulse [Australia], Friday May 28, 2004 04:28 PM
Tensions Simmer In Ambon, Indonesia
AMBON, Maluku, May 28 Asia Pulse - Maluku's provincial capital of Ambon was
tense again on Thursday following a traffic accident and bomb explosions in Pardais
Tengah at around 7.51 pm.
Police had to deploy six armored vehicles to prevent people belonging to different
community groups from attacking each other.
Columns of police took up positions in Jalan AM Sangadji and Jalan Diponegoro to
contain people of different communal affiliations in their respective residential areas.
Ambon resort police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Leonidas Braksan led
officers in the field in persuading residents to refuse being provoked, stay home and
leave the settlement of any breach of the peace to the police.
He said the tensions began following a collision between public transport vehicles in
the afternoon. He urged people to refer any security problem to the authorities.
(ANTARA)
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