A Bomb to Tear Malino Apart
Maluku has again been rocked by a bomb and riots in Ambon, the heart of the region's trouble. Are the prospects for peace back at square one?
April 9, 2002
There is no peace yet in Maluku. A powerful bomb last week shook the commercial district of Ambon, half a kilometer from the office of the Maluku governor. By the end of the day, the governor's office was in ruins. As on many previous occasions, an explosion was followed by riots, which left the governor's office building a charred shell. Ironically, that building had for years been one of the few safe meeting points in divided Ambon, where Chr
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