AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Monday November 12, 2001 5:28 PM
Bomb blasts kill two, injure 20 in Indonesia's riot-ravaged Ambon
JAKARTA, Nov 12 (AFP) - Two bomb blasts killed two people and injured 20 others in
Indonesia's riot-torn eastern city of Ambon in the Maluku islands, a report said
Monday.
A bomb exploded inside an electric appliance store in downtown Ambon, killing the
owner and injuring 14 other people, the state Antara news agency said.
The son of the owner also died later in hospital, it added.
Six people, three of them soldiers, were injured after another bomb exploded in the
Batumerah area of the city.
Two men riding a motorcycle threw a home-made bomb into a government truck
carrying seven people including soldiers, Antara said.
The driver threw the bomb out and it exploded on the sidewalk, injuring a high-school
student.
Local people, believing the bomb was thrown by someone in the truck, attacked it and
injured five other people, including three soldiers. They also burned the truck before
police intervened.
The Maluku islands have been ravaged by clashes between members of the Muslim
and Christian communities since January 1999. Some 5,000 people have been killed
and over half a million driven from their homes.
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