Timor mourns slain priests<\/p>\n
DILI, East Timor (Reuters): Thousands gathered at Dili's
\ncathedral on Saturday to pay their last respects to three slain
\npriests whose bodies were found in a mass grave near the Timor
\nborder.<\/p>\n
As more than 2,000 grieved amid scenes of wailing and tears,
\nmembers of an Indonesian inquiry team said they were following up
\nunconfirmed reports of other mass graves in the Indonesian half
\nof the island.<\/p>\n
Mourners kept an all night vigil for Fathers Hilario Madeira,
\n42, Francisco Soares, 34, and Tarcisius Dewanto, 34, whose bodies
\nwere uncovered with 23 others at a location just inside
\nIndonesia's West Timor earlier in the week.<\/p>\n
The men are believed to have been killed during a massacre in
\nthe southwestern town of Suai in early September, as anti-
\nindependence militia greeted a vote to break away from Indonesia
\nwith a wave of bloody violence.<\/p>\n
Evidence from the site backed this up, and confirmed witness
\naccounts of the killings, investigators said.<\/p>\n
The bodies were found at Oeluli beach, some 20 km (13 miles)
\nfrom Suai and a short distance from the border. It is the first
\nmass grave to be discovered in West Timor.<\/p>",
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