Fretilin leader arrested

Fri, 08 Dec 1995

DILI, East Timor: The military yesterday announced it has arrested one of the top commanders of Fretilin, the armed separatist movement.

Antara reported that Pascoal Ximenes Pereira, alias "Nixon", known as the Fretilin's political assistant chief, was arrested during a military raid in Bobo Suko village in the Manfahi regency east of here.

He was caught by a local security unit at dawn on Nov. 24, the chief of the East Timor military command, Col. Mahidin Simbolon, told reporters yesterday.

Pascoal was caught asleep in a shed which he was using as his hideout, Antara said, adding that during the raid, one Fretilin member was shot dead while another fled. (emb)

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