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Sniper shoots and wounds soldier in Indonesia's Ambon province
A sniper has shot and wounded a soldier in Indonesia's strife-torn Ambon city as Maluku independence supporters again hoisted banned separatist flags.
The state Antara newsagency reported the soldier was patrolling a street in the Trikora area in downtown Ambon when a bullet hit him in the leg.
Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, remained tense as activists of the separatist South Maluku Republic (RMS) flew two flags attached to air balloons.
On Thursday explosions and angry demonstrations left six people injured as separatists marked the 52nd anniversary of the Republic.
The violence prompted the police to send some 200 reinforcements to Ambon on Friday.
Police have arrested 27 Ambonese for setting banned South Maluku Republic flags aloft.
27/04/2002 22:10:33 | ABC Radio Australia News
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