4 antitank mortars found in Ambon

AMBON, Maluku: Merlin, an Ambon resident, discovered four antitank mortars in a house in Gunung Nona to which she was intending to move. Upon investigation, it was discovered that only one mortar was still active.

The mortars were found in wooden cases on Saturday as Merlin cleaned the house of Raden Rusdianto, a son of a late Army officer from the Pattimura Military Command overseeing Maluku province. Merlin had bought the house from Rusdianto, who moved to Papua province, chief of Ambon and Lease Islands Police Adj. Sr. Comr. Leonidas Braksan said on Monday. -- JP