Mamua returns to normal

Mamua returns to normal

AMBON, Maluku: The situation in Mamua hamlet, Central Maluku
regency, resumed a state of normalcy on Saturday, following a
communal clash that left one person dead and seven injured.

Most Mamua residents, who had taken refuge in safer areas
after the two-day clash that began on Wednesday, had apparently
returned to their houses. The hamlet was still heavily guarded by
dozens of police, who were deployed to the area on Thursday.

Maluku Police chief Brig. Gen. Adityawarman said they were
tracking down the provocateurs of the clash.

The incident was triggered on Wednesday by a minor
misunderstanding between a Wakal man and a Mamua woman who had
attended a wedding reception in Mamua. A person was stabbed and
killed in the ensuing clash between Wakal and Mamua residents
that continued the next day, when seven people were injured. --
JP