இந்தோனேஷியா அம்பானில் மசூதிக்கு எதிராக குண்டுவெடிப்பு

இங்கு ஆறு வருடத்துக்கு முன்பு கிறிஸ்துவர்களும் முஸ்லீம்களும் மோதிக்கொண்டதில் 1999-2002 வரை 5000க்கும் மேற்பட்ட மக்கள் கொலையுண்டார்கள்.

அம்பான் பிரதேசத்தின் மிகப்பெரிய மசூதியான அல் படா மசூதிக்கு எதிராக குண்டு வெடித்தது.

இது இன்னொரு வன்முறையை ஆரம்பித்துவிடுமோ என்று அஞ்சுகிறார்கள்.

INDONESIA: GRENADE EXPLODES OUTSIDE MOSQUE IN AMBON

Jakarta, 2 May (AKI/Jakarta Post) - A grenade exploded outside a mosque on Wednesday in the Maluku provincial capital of Ambon, a city that was hit by bloody religious violence six years ago, police said. No one was injured in the grenade blast, which was thrown by unidentified persons outside Al-Fatah Mosque, the large Islamic house of worship in the city, Indonesia's MetroTV station reported Wednesday.

Police officers collected pieces of metal from the exploding grenade from the grounds of the mosque and its surrounding. Some officers were also still guarding the mosque.

Maluku Police chief Brig. Gen. Guntur Gatot Setiawan could not say what the motive behind the bombing were. He said that his officers were still carrying out investigations.

He also refused to link the latest explosion with other previous blasts in the city.

Police recently questioned 12 people over a recent bomb blast, which wounded six people in the city, coinciding with the anniversary of a separatist group in the region. The 12 people include the six people injured during the incident.

The separatist group was crushed shortly after its formation on April 25, 1950, but re-emerged after ex-President Soeharto's 32-year dictatorship came to an end in 1998. Flags of the outlawed movement were seen on trees and buildings in Ambon early Wednesday.

The islands of the Moluccas, saw vicious fighting between Muslims and Christians from 1999 to 2002, that killed more than 5,000 people. After a truce between Muslim and Christian communities in 2002, the sectarian violence largely subsided but there have been reports of sporadic incidents.

(Aki/Jakarta Post)

இந்த கிறிஸ்துவர்களும் முஸ்லீம்கள் தங்களது வன்முறை வழியை விட்டு அமைதி வழி ஆன்மீக வழியை மேற்கொள்ள இறையை இறைஞ்சுவோம்.