Maluku to dump weapons into sea

Maluku to dump weapons into sea

AMBON, Maluku: Provincial military and police chiefs are
slated on Monday morning to dump into the sea some 4,000
confiscated weapons seized during security raids in restive
Maluku in the past couple of months.

"The weapons, such as sharp weapons, assembled bombs and
homemade guns will be thrown into the sea away from Maluku
island," Pattimura Military chief Brig. Gen. Max Tamaela said on
Sunday.

The confiscation of weapons is part of the security clampdown
aimed at ending riots in the area which have killed over 2,000
people in the last year.(49/edt)