Story number 2 for 27 Jun 2000

By June 27, 2000

Next, HCJB World Radio is reporting that the Indonesian navy is evacuating Christians from Halmahera Island. The military is relocating hundreds of residents of the village of Duma where more than 100 people died in religious violence this week, as the result of a Muslim holy war. Ambon, the capital of the region that includes the Moluccas Islands, is also facing violence. Thousands of Islamic jihad troops from Java have invaded the islands since May to remove the Christian community.

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