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Surrendered weapons destroyed in strife-torn Sulawesi

In Indonesia's troubled province of Central Sulawesi, police have destroyed more than eight thousand weapons surrendered by Christians and Muslims.

Mark Bowling reports the move follows a vow by leaders of both religious communities to end more than two years of sectarian violence.

More than a thousand people have died in fighting. Tens of thousands have been forced from their homes in the worst hit district of Poso. Peace talks brokered by the Indonesian government led to an agreement by Christian and Muslim leaders to promote peace. As a first step home made firearms, bows and arrows and spears were handed into police and they're now being destroyed. Mark Bowling, Jakarta.

9/01/02 7:11:27 | ABC Radio Australia News

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