Rp 50m for info on Poso killers<\/p>\n
Antara, Palu<\/p>\n
Police have announced a reward of Rp 50 million (about US$5,000)
\nfor anyone with information on the murderers of three Christian
\nschoolgirls in Poso, Central Sulawesi.<\/p>\n
The reward, which it is hoped will lead to a breakthrough in
\nthe investigation, was announced by National Police Headquarters
\nand the Poso Law Enforcement Task Force.<\/p>\n
The police also promised to protect anyone supplying
\ninformation.<\/p>\n
Poso Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Rudy Sufahriadi said on
\nTuesday that the reward was aimed at encouraging people in Poso
\nto come forward with information on the identities of the girls'
\nkillers.<\/p>\n
Notices announcing the reward have been posted up in Poso city
\nfor the last three days in busy public places like markets, bus
\nstations, shops and offices. The reward notices provide
\nconfidential phone numbers that people can call with information.
\nThe numbers are (0452) 2707757, (0452) 324845 and 081341284466.<\/p>\n
The three Christian schoolgirls were decapitated by six
\nmachete-wielding men on motorbikes on Oct. 29 as the three were
\nwalking to school in Poso, a religiously-divided town that saw
\nmore than 1,000 people killed during a Christian-Muslim conflict
\nin 2000 and 2001. That conflict subsided after a government-
\nsponsored peace deal.<\/p>\n
Just over a week after the attack, two female students were
\nshot at in a drive-by shooting while sitting in front of a house
\nin Poso.<\/p>\n
Since the Oct. 29 attack, police have boosted security in Poso
\nby deploying reinforcements to the area in a bid to prevent
\nrenewed clashes and to catch the perpetrators. Police have so far
\nnamed one suspect in the beheading case and three suspects in the
\nshooting incident.<\/p>",
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