Mayumba attack mastermind identified

Mayumba attack mastermind identified

PALU, Central Sulawesi: The local military has identified the mastermind behind the bloody attack of Mayumba Village in Poso last Thursday, saying it was chasing for the mastermind.

"We have identified the intellectual actor behind the Mayumba attack and we gained the information from the investigation of several people involved in the assault," Col. Suwahyuhadji, chief of the Tadulako Military District, said after a meeting with Central Sulawesi Governor Aminuddin Panulele here on Saturday.

At least four were killed, several others were seriously injured, and 43 houses and a car were burned down when a group of unidentified people launched an attack on the village on Thursday.

Suwahyuhadji declined to identify the mastermind and said the mastermind was a resident of the Poso town. --Antara