Terror Reborn
Two figures—one Muslim, one Christian—have been arrested. So why does Maluku remain so bloody?
May 28, 2001
The Vista alley exploded in blood. A bomb blast rocked the Christian settlement in the hub of Ambon as unidentified men in striped pants assaulted the community one evening last week. At almost the same time, no less than 50 explosions and indiscriminate stabbings and slashings of inhabitants went on elsewhere in the city. Christian colonies were targets of the terror, which left 15 dead, 21 wounded by bayonets and dozens of houses razed to the g
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