Indonesian deaths prompt riot

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: September 17, 1997 | Copyright information

Rioting mobs attacked and set fire to stores, houses and vehicles belonging to ethnic Chinese in Ujung Pandang on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi yesterday after two Muslim sisters were hacked to ...

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