Medan bomb witness shot<\/p>\n
MEDAN, North Sumatra: A man who reportedly witnessed a
\nmysterious blast in a local church here in August is in a
\ncritical condition after being shot by two unidentified gunmen on
\nSunday.<\/p>\n
Medan Police chief Sr. Supt. Hasyim Irianto was quoted by
\nAntara as saying that Koleb Situmorang, a driver of local priest
\nBenjamin Munthe, was shot when he was taking his employer and his
\nfamily to church on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
Hasyim said the attackers also threatened to kill Benjamin,
\nbut spared him and left him and his family unharmed.<\/p>\n
Benjamin was quoted by the news agency as saying that Sunday's
\nattack was the third assassination attempt on him.<\/p>\n
He said, however, that he did not know why he had been
\ntargeted.<\/p>\n
Visiting President Abdurrahman Wahid speculated later in the
\nday that Koleb was attacked because he was one of the witnesses
\nto a series of bomb attacks in Medan in the past three months.
\n(byg)<\/p>",
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