44 Dead in Religious Violence in IndonesiaAt least 44 people were killed in an armed raid on a mostly Christian village in the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku, an army chief said Tuesday. Suspected Muslim militants attacked the village on Halmahera island before dawn on Monday. At least 102 people were injured in the attack, the army chief said. The military believes the attackers came from a neighboring island and were members of a Muslim fighting force known as Lasker Jihad, or Holy War Troops. The group recently arrived in the area from Indonesia's main island of Java.Monday's attack was almost identical to a predawn raid last week in the same area that killed 34 civilians. |
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