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Lawamena
Victoria
Reports
by
CRISIS
CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA
Jalan Pattimura 32 - Ambon 97124 ( Indonesia
Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337
e-mail [email protected]
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THE
SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS - Report No. 315
2002-09-07
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Ambon,
September 07, 2002
1. DEATH OF LOCAL TOP ATHLETE One of those injured by
the bomb explosion on September 5, died 7 hours after the
explosion. She was Vonny Huwaa, a university student, sprint
champion of the Moluccas. Thus the total number killed has mounted
to four. Seven others are still in hospital.
2. ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF AMBON The commemoration
of Ambons 427th birthday today was originally planned to be
celebrated at the large Lapangan Merdeka field in the middle of
the town. However, in the wake of the recent bomb blast at that
very location, which took the lives of four and injured seven
people, most of whom young female athletes, and out of respect for
the victims relatives, the official ceremony was relocated to
the front yard of the adjacent Town Hall and was held in a modest
way. The town Major, M.J. Papilaya, among other things stated that
the conflict in the Moluccas with its various devastating effects,
had caused a set-back for Ambon of several decades. However, the
citizens of Ambon are confident that the earlier terrible strife
between the two communities now belongs to the past and that
together they have to confront those that by acts of terrorism
want to prolong the unrest.
C.J.Bφhm msc,
Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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