ABC (3/12/01 6:10:24)
Indonesian police arrest some 100 Muslims
Police in Indonesia have arrested 102 members of a Muslim militant group and seized
scores of weapons, including bombs and firearms.
Police made the arrests after raiding the headquarters of the Islam Community in East
Java.
They also confiscated ten homemade bombs, knives, machetes and bullets.
Earlier, police arrested 80 members of the militant Muslim Jihad Force.
The group has come under the spotlight for sending thousands of fighters to the
Malukus and Central Sulawesi -- both provinces have been hit by religious unrest.
3/12/01 6:10:24
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