AMBON, Indonesia, MAY 14, 2001 (Zenit.org).- Three people were killed and two seriously wounded after a boat carrying Christians was attacked with firearms and grenades, the Ambon Diocese reported.
The Sunday incident may have in retaliation for an attack on a Muslim boat on May 10 that left three people dead. Muslim leaders accused Christians of the attack and threatened reprisals if the culprits were not arrested, according to the Misna missionary agency. One Muslim was quoted as saying it was not possible to reconcile with «infidel Christians.»
The latest attacks signal a renewal in interreligious tensions in the Indonesian archipelago. The Ambon Crisis Center estimates that 8,000 people have died and 500,000 routed since the start of the ethnic and religious conflict in the Moluccas in 1999.
