Militia attack E. Timor village

Militia attack E. Timor village

DILI, East Timor (AFP): Armed militia attacked an East
Timorese village near the border with East Nusa Tenggara killing
one civilian and wounding another, an official source with the UN
Transitional Authority in East Timor (UNTAET) said on Monday.

The source, citing a villager who was kidnapped in the attack
on Sunday and later released, said the attack was carried out by
five militia on the village of Azufuru, some five kilometers east
of Maliana.

"They had rifles and grenades," the source said, adding one
villager was killed and another wounded. "The only thing we know
so far is that they arrived and attacked the village," the source
said, when asked how the victims were killed.

The resident who was abducted and released provided the
information on the attack to UN civilian police, the source
added.