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| Policeman named as suspects in Palu church bombing |
| 2005-04-05 |
| A high-ranking police officer has been named a suspect in a string of church attacks in Palu, Central Sulawesi province that injured three people, officials said Tuesday. Gunmen on motorbikes opened fire on two churches on Dec. 12 as services were being held in the town of Palu. The attackers also hurled a bomb at one of the buildings. The officer, who authorities have so far refused to name, has been detained because a bullet from his gun was found at the scene of the attack, said Sr. Comr. Zainuri Lubis, a spokesman for National Police headquarters. "We cannot reveal the name but at the moment we areinvestigating him, his wife and another civilian in relation to the case," Lubis said. "We arrested the policeman because the bullet found in the location was alleged from his own weapon." The attacks served to underscore the fragile nature of security in the province, which saw bloody battles between Muslim and Christians in the late 1990s that killed more than 1,000 people. Large-scale violence has since ended, but there still are sporadic attacks, mostly on Christian villages and places of worship. Palu is about 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) northeast of the capital, Jakarta. Unlike most of Muslim-majority Indonesia, Central Sulawesi's population is evenly divided between Muslims and Christians. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 Unlike most of Muslim-majority Indonesia, Central Sulawesi’s population is evenly divided between Muslims and Christians. So, now we know how the rest of Indonesia become "Moslem majority". |
| Posted by: gromgorru 2005-04-05 10:04:53 AM |