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        "id": 1072402,
        "msgid": "ambon-christians-to-hold-mass-prayers-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-11-20 00:00:00",
        "title": "Ambon Christians to hold mass prayers",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Ambon Christians to hold mass prayers Novi Pinontoan, The Jakarta Post, Ambon Christians in strife-torn Ambon will stage three days of mass prayers starting on Tuesday in response to a series of violence which has claimed at least 10 lives and injured dozens others this month. \"We regret the series of bloody incidents this month that happened during a relatively calm period in Maluku. We do not want this violence to ever happen again,\" Rev.",
        "content": "<p>Ambon Christians to hold mass prayers<\/p>\n<p>Novi Pinontoan, The Jakarta Post, Ambon<\/p>\n<p>Christians in strife-torn Ambon will stage three days of mass<br>\nprayers starting on Tuesday in response to a series of violence<br>\nwhich has claimed at least 10 lives and injured dozens others<br>\nthis month.<\/p>\n<p>\"We regret the series of bloody incidents this month that<br>\nhappened during a relatively calm period in Maluku. We do not<br>\nwant this violence to ever happen again,\" Rev. Mailoa of Maluku<br>\nSynode Protestant Church said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The peaceful prayers will involve thousands of people, urging<br>\nfor unity and calm, he added.<\/p>\n<p>After months of relative calm, Ambon was rocked by bloody<br>\nviolence initiated by groups of armed rioters.<\/p>\n<p>The first major incident took place on Nov. 3 in which gunmen<br>\nraided and occupied the predominantly Christian Waimulang village<br>\nin Seram islands, killing at least three villagers. At least<br>\n1,000 residents fled their village as rioters burned down some<br>\n150 houses in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Later this month a spate of bombings and armed attacks<br>\noccurred in several parts of Ambon --including a speedboat<br>\nshooting on Teluk Ambon Baguala waters and a blast at an<br>\nelectronics store in downtown Ambon-- which claimed at least<br>\neight lives.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Monday, National Police chief Gen. Surojo Bimantoro<br>\nvisited Maluku Police Headquarters in Ambon and pledged Rp 500<br>\nmillion to continue the rebuilding of police base in Tantui.<\/p>\n<p>The police base --consisting of a housing complex and clinics<br>\n-- was destroyed by rioters on June 29, 1999. At least 700 guns<br>\nand thousands of rounds of ammunition were looted by rioters who<br>\nbroke into the police arsenal in Tantui.<\/p>\n<p>A total of Rp 6 billion is needed to rebuild the police<br>\ncomplex.<\/p>",
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