[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Crowds riot over execution of three Christians
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Crowds riot over execution of three Christians
Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta correspondent
September 23, 2006
INDONESIANS rioted yesterday after the executions of three Christian men
convicted of leading an attack on a Muslim boarding school that killed 200
people.
Tensions flared in central Sulawesi as the trio's death by firing squad was
carried out, with anger increasing as it emerged that at least one of the men's
bodies was buried against his family's wishes and without the family being able
to view his corpse.
As family and friends gathered before an early mass in the Catholic cathedral
in the central Sulawesi town of Palu, where the three men had seen out their
time in jail, there was horror and disbelief at the hasty burial of the body of
Dominggus da Silva, 39.
"We don't even know if they've actually been executed or not, we haven't seen
the bodies," lawyer Roy Rening told The Weekend Australian. "It's being
organised now to exhume the body of Dominggus."
Police also confirmed that the bodies of Fabianus Tibo, 61, and Marianus Riwu,
49, had been flown by military aircraft from Palu to their home village of
Beteleme, about 10 hours' drive away. However, family and friends waiting in
Palu had not been informed of the change in plans. They say police told them at
4am, local time, that all three bodies would be transported to the local
cathedral for mass.
"We had a promise (they would be here) for mass at 9am, but it turned out that
at 6am, Tibo and Marianus were taken to Beteleme, and their families were all
stuck here," said a clearly angry priest, Rinaldy Damanik. "And Dominggus was
buried without ritual, just like an animal."
Poso was a focus of sectarian violence in 2000, including the attack on a
pesantren, or Muslim boarding school, over which the three men were convicted.
Tensions exploded in several areas of central Sulawesi yesterday, as well as
Atambua, a town on predominantly Christian western Timor island, as
rock-throwing mobs vandalised several government buildings and police posts.
Christian leaders in Atambua managed to calm a crowd of about 1000 but not
before they had stormed the local jail, freeing 200 inmates.
The rioting erupted as it was announced three Islamic militants on death row
for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings are to request that if their
executions proceed they be beheaded rather than shot.
Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Ali Ghufron, alias Mukhlas, and Imam Samudra avoided
execution last month when their lawyers announced they would lodge an appeal
over their death sentences, meted out for the attacks that killed 202 people.
Lawyer Mahendradatta said yesterday that another demand would be filed to the
constitutional court, asking that it review the procedure of execution if their
sentences are carried out.
Executions in Indonesia are carried out by firing squad, typically at a secret
time and location.
Mr Mahendradatta said his clients believed execution by gunshot was "torture",
and they "asked to be executed the Muslim way, by being beheaded".
Additional reporting: AFP
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