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)