Landmines injures a villager

Landmines injures a villager

AMBON, Maluku: A landmine exploded on Saturday morning in
Kulur village, Saparua district, Ambon, injuring at least one
villager.

A group of 40 Mobile Brigade police personnel were dispatched
to the village to maintain order and take precautionary measures
in a bid to prevent an escalation of the incident. A similar
blast in the village early last month claimed three lives.

Maluku Police chief Brig. Gen. Soenarko said security
personnel were investigating the case, but asserted that the
situation was under control.

Ambon remains vulnerable to sectarian conflicts despite the
peace agreement in February this year that was aimed at ending
three years of Muslim-Christian bloodshed. The central government
has yet to lift the emergency status imposed there in 2000. --
Antara