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Indonesian troop reinforcements start arriving in Sulawesi
In Indonesia, troop re-enforcements have started arriving in strife-torn central Sulawesi, as the government attempts to end days of deadly clashes between Christians and Muslims.
Mark Bowling reports violence in the last week has claimed at least eight lives and left thousands of people homeless.
"More than two-thousand police and soldiers are being sent in to disarm rival groups and restore calm. There have been no new reports of violence, but residents in the Christian town of Tentena, say they fear further attacks by Muslim militiamen taking up positions in the hills around the town. In a region where fighting between Muslims and Christians has claimed hundreds of lives in the last two years, many blame the latest upsurge in violence on the arrival of members of the Laskha Jihad muslim militia, from training camps in Java and from the neighbouring Maluku Islands. Mark Bowling, Jakarta."
7/12/01 7:37:56 | ABC Radio Australia News
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