CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA
Jalan Pattimura 32 - Ambon 97124 - Indonesia
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E-mail: comamq@ambon.wasantara.net.id
Ambon, January 7, 2002
THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report no. 222
1. SOLDIER BURNED – On December 27, 2001, christians in the village of Passo,
situated at the end of the bay of Ambon, halted a navy fuel truck that had brought fuel
to Passo. Besides burning the truck, they had also abducted one of the escorting
soldiers, whilst two other soldiers escaped. The burned skull and several belongings
of the disappeared soldier, named Darianto, have now been found at last at Air Besar,
near Passo. It is thought that this action was meant as a revenge on the shooting at
the speedboat “Anugerah” earlier on the same day (see Report 119 no.3).
2. BATUMEJA IN UPROAR – At about 10.30 p.m. last Friday, January 4, 2002, three
men were moving about at the site of the large provisional market of the Ambon
neighbourhood of Batumeja. When approached by several civilians, they fled.
However, one of them, named Udin (25), was caught and taken to the nearby police
headquarters. Being interrogated he confessed to have put a bomb somewhere in
Batumeja and that two more bombs had been placed there. Udin gave the impression
of being psychologically hampered or being under the influence of certain drugs. Or he
is a good actor. The whole morning of the following day the situation around the
market was in commotion, especially since initially none of the bombs was found. The
market itself was empty but for ! the police searching the bombs. The police
apparently did not have any bomb dector, so they borrowed one from a shopowner. At
last, one of the bombs was found by a child…
C.J.Böhm MSc,
Secretary of Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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