Four nabbed in Poso over shooting<\/p>\n
Ruslan Sangadji, Palu<\/p>\n
Central Sulawesi Police have arrested four people charged with
\ndischarging firearms at Jhonli Tumbelaka, a sales executive with
\ncigarette maker PT Djarum, in Parigi Moutong regency.<\/p>\n
The four were nabbed on Wednesday in three separate
\nsubdistricts in Poso Pesisir, Poso regency, which neighbors
\nParigi Moutong.<\/p>\n
The police confiscated two guns, a rifle and 33 nine
\nmillimeter and .38 caliber bullets, as well as three motorcycles.<\/p>\n
Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig. Gen. Taufik Ridha said on
\nThursday that the four were arrested after a tip-off from local
\nresidents.<\/p>\n
\"The residents saw the suspects' motorcycles after the
\nshooting and called the police. We tracked down the owner of the
\nmotorcycle, which led us to the other suspected perpetrators,\"
\nsaid Taufik, adding that police were tracking down two other
\nmembers of the gang.<\/p>\n
He also said investigators were questioning the four as to the
\nmotive behind the attack, in which Tumbelaka sustained a severe
\ngunshot wound.<\/p>\n
The police will also question the four suspects in connection
\nwith the recent shooting of Reverend Susianti Tinulele, who was
\nshot dead while delivering a sermon at Effata Church in South
\nPalu.<\/p>\n
The two shootings are thought to be part of a series of
\nattacks aimed at undermining the government-sponsored peace deal,
\nwhich ended a sectarian conflict that erupted in 2000 in Poso.
\nThe three-year bloodshed claimed the lives of about 2,000 Muslims
\nand Christians.<\/p>\n
While the situation has become relatively calm, sporadic armed
\nattacks still continue, generally thought to be perpetrated by
\nthird parties with a political agenda.<\/p>",
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