ABRI members arrested

ABRI members arrested

DILI, East Timor: Three Armed Forces (ABRI) personnel have
been arrested on charges of insulting Catholics during a
religious ritual in Remixio village near here.

A local military spokesman, Maj. Ladean Simbolon, said
yesterday the three were being held in the local military police
detention house.

Witnesses said that on Wednesday the three officers angered
the worshipers during a mass in a Remixio church when they
trampled on the bread they received from the preacher.

Offended worshipers then beat them black and blue before the
officers escaped.

Local councilor Antonio Freitas Parada and Bishop Carlos
Filipe Ximenes Belo have expressed concern over the incident.(yac/05)