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Lawamena
Victoria
Reports
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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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SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS - Report No. 271
2002-04-29 |
Ambon,
April 29, 2002
1. SOLDIER KILLED – On April 26 a passenger car with three
military servicemen was halted by a Muslim crowd at Kapaha/Tantui
at the eastern end of the city of Ambon. One of the soldiers was
killed by a bullet.
2. INTERNAL CONFLICT SECURITY FORCES – On the same April 26,
Brimob policeman Robinson Eirumkuy was trapped by ten soldiers and
mishandled. The usual rivalry between army and police has
escalated due to this event.
3. FURTHER NEWS ON SOYA – Local Radio and TV provided further
details on the attack on the Protestant-Christian village of Soya
we mentioned yesterday. When early in the morning of April 28 it
was Soya’s turn to have its electricity turned off, i.e. at 3.45
a.m., a fulle-scale attack was launched on the mountain village
with mortars, bombs, gunfire and other weaponry. The attackers
(whether “ordinar” Muslims or Laksar Jihad) entered the rather
small village and went from house to house, while proclaiming
Allah’s Greatness, murdering anybody they could lay hands on,
not sparing women and children, including a nine months old baby
that was killed by bullets. The total number of residents killed
is twelve. Nine others were injured. The old, beautiful protestant
church was burned down together with some dozens of residents’
houses. The community building was badly damaged. The attackers
withdrew at about 5.00 a.m. Though the village is close to Ambon,
nevertheless security forces needed 2½ hours after the attackers
had left, to arrive at the site. TV showed the residents of Soya
conducting worship on the open space beside their ages-old
destroyed church, despite it was raining.
The whole day long the atmosphere in the city of Ambon was tense.
At about 9.00 a.m. three mortars were launched at the Christian
Wainitu / Talake area, of which only one exploded, however,
without causing significant damage.
At 1.30 p.m. a bomb was thrown at the Silo church in the centre of
the city, again causing wooden appliances to catch fire.
4. MASOHI CALM – Initial disturbance in Masohi, South Seram,
after the burning of two houses the day before yesterday, could be
curbed. On several locations roadblocks have been placed
anticipating unwanted confrontations.
C.J.Böhm msc, Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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