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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. 268
2002-04-26
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1. APRIL 25th The 52nd commemoration of the
RMS Separatist Movement, yesterday, brought along unwelcome
commotion as we reported earlier. The damage to the Silo church,
that was set to fire by a Muslim crowd at 1.15 p.m., was
restricted to wooden items such as scaffolding.
The whole day long there was hardly any activity in the city.
Judging by TV-spots, neither in the Muslim areas there was much
activity. The usually bustling Muslim-Christian market near the
Amans Hotel was totally deserted.
2. RMS FLAG RAISED The bursts of gunfire we reported
yesterday, turned out to have been directed at a gas balloon
floating in the sky and trailing an RMS flag. On TV could be seen
that the flag at last was brought down and drowned in the Bay of
Ambon. Two other similar balloons escaped. At five places in
the city of Ambon the fateful flag was raised. Security forces
arrested several persons suspected of hoisting the flag. RMS flag
raising outside Ambon was reported to have taken place on two
locations in the western part of the island of Seram, namely in
Amahai and Waisarissa, also on the islands of S! aparua and Haruku.
3. VICTIMS A total of three bombs exploded. One of them fell
in the Christian Karang Panjang area and was thought to have been
launched from Batumerah. It caused serious injuries to two people.
Another one caused minor injuries to two Muslims. There have been
no reports of any other casualties.
4. JIHAD LEADER VISITS AMBON Laskar leader Jafar Umar Thalib
arrived in Ambon last Wednesday April 24. In the evening, by
Muslim SPMM radio, he urged the Muslims to make war on the
Christians.
C.J.Bφhm msc,
Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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