Unidentified gunman kills two in Ambon<\/p>\n
Octavianus Pinontoan and M. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post\/Ambon<\/p>\n
Two people were killed and two others injured after an
\nunidentified assailant sprayed bullets from a speedboat at a
\nkaraoke club in Hative Besar subdistrict, Ambon city, at dawn on
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
The shooting came only a week after a shooting incident in
\nLeksula waters, Buru regency that injured two people.<\/p>\n
The two people killed in the karaoke club shooting were
\nRatnawati, 22, an employee at the Villa Cafe karaoke club and
\nYondry Puturuhu, 22, a guest of the club who lived in Tanah
\nTinggi area in Ambon. The two people injured were Kao and Ling,
\nboth owners of the karaoke club, according to Ambon and Lease
\nIslands Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Leonidas Braksan.<\/p>\n
Ratnawati, Yondry and Kao, who were seriously injured in the
\nshooting, were rushed to a Navy hospital but only Kao survived.<\/p>\n
After initial treatment, Kao was transferred to Haulussy
\nHospital later on Tuesday morning in Ambon for further medical
\ntreatment.<\/p>\n
Witnesses said that an unidentified assailant shot at the
\nkaraoke club from a speedboat near the club.<\/p>\n
Joy A, 30, a witness, recalled that when the shooting
\nhappened, guests were singing inside the karaoke club, which is
\nlocated only some 30 meters from the beach.<\/p>\n
Upon hearing gunfire, Joy said the people in the club ran to
\nsafety.<\/p>\n
A security personnel, who was in the club compound, shot back
\nat the unknown assailant, which prompted the latter to drive the
\nspeedboat away from the beach area.<\/p>\n
The government and security personnel have yet to uncover the
\nmotive behind the incident, but Maluku Governor Karel Albert
\nRahalalu, Maluku provincial military command chief Maj. Gen.
\nSyarifuddin Sumah and Maluku Police chief Brig. Gen. Adityawarman
\nvisited the area hours after the shooting.<\/p>\n
The club is located near a beach, some 25 kilometers west of
\nAmbon city. The Maluku Governor expressed concern over the
\nincident, saying that it might trigger another conflict in the
\nprovince.<\/p>\n
Sectarian conflicts broke out in Maluku between 1999 and 2002,
\nclaiming thousands of lives and forcing thousands of Maluku
\nresidents to flee the area.<\/p>\n
The conflict has subsided since a government-brokered peace
\npact in 2002, but random attacks still happen.<\/p>\n
Despite the shooting, the situation in Ambon city was normal.<\/p>\n
Separately, deputy chief of Maluku Legislative Council John
\nMailoa ordered the Maluku governor to issue a shoot on sight
\norder. "The order will serve as deterrent so that the shooters
\nwill not have the courage to operate in Ambon anymore," said
\nJohn.<\/p>",
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