Angry mob kills teenager

DILI, East Timor: A mob of about 200 people beat an 18-year- old man to death after he had stabbed three men and destroyed chairs and tables in a church in Ermera regency, Antara reported on Saturday.

One of the man's three victims died.

Antara quoted East Timor Police spokesman Capt. Widodo as saying that the young man, Florindo de Jesus, was mentally disturbed. Police have appealed to the local people not to take the law into their own hands, he added. (01)