Violence in Ambon Claims 7 More Lives
From Times Wire Reports
Deadly street battles between Christians and Muslims raged in the city of Ambon, leaving at least seven dead, and Indonesia’s military reportedly backed calls for imposing martial law in the Moluccas. Malik Selang, an official at Ambon’s Al Fatah mosque, said at least seven Muslims were killed in the Moluccas’ main city, bringing the death toll from five days of violence to at least 53. An official at the state-run Haulusy Hospital said many people of both faiths had been wounded.
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