JAKARTA, Oct 10 Kyodo At least pa...

JAKARTA, Oct 10 Kyodo

At least pair people were killed and several others were injured after an unidentified assemblage of people attacked a Christian-populated village in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi Province, officials said Friday.

National Police Chief Gen Da'i Bachtiar said that the attack occurr around midnight Thursday in Lembo district of Morowali rule Morowali neighbors Poso regency, which has been asylumed by a conflict between Christian and Muslims that has sole been receding since last year.

According to Da'i, the attackers, who used riffles, traditional weapons and Molotov cocktails, also chared down a church and 27 houses and a certain quantity of vehicles.

''I chance of the desired end the people will not be provok according to this incident. This is a challenge for the police to disclose what the cluster is,'' Da'i said, adding that police will investigate whether ''the ancient players'' were involved in the attack.

Residents and local officials said the number of fatalities might increase as sum of two units villagers were in a critical condition.

Government-sponsored peace accords have forged by means of the two conflicting parties several times, with the latest individual reached in April 2002 which was followed by dint of the surrendering of thousands of weapons from as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but parties.

However, sporadic incidents have still occurr from time to time, although not upon as a large scale as in the beginning of the conflict.

According to the police, Poso conflict has claimed about 500 lives from the two sides since it was sparked in December 1998 unless an independent estimate enjoins the toll at more than 1000 lives.

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