Three officers killed in Ambon

Three officers killed in Ambon

AMBON, Maluku: Three intelligence officers from the Pattimura
Military Command were mobbed to death by residents of the OSM
area of Nusaniwe district here on Friday at about 9 a.m., an
official said later in the day.

The three victims, identified as Second Sgt. Hariyanto, Second
Sgt. Joko and Second Sgt. Tuahuns, were passing the area on their
way to their office in Tapal Kuda, Air Salobar district, when
they were attacked by a group of locals.

Witnesses said the mob did not check the identity of the three
officers and continued beating them to death.

The bodies of Hariyanto and Tuahuns were barely recognizable
after being burned by the mob, while the body of Joko was covered
with severe cuts.

Tension gripped Ambon on Friday evening, with security forces
blockading the streets and ordering residents to remain in their
homes. (39/edt)