(21 Nov 1999) Natural Sound
At least nine people have been killed and dozens more have been injured in the latest outbreak of Christian-Muslim violence in the Indonesian province of Maluku, according to a local news agency.
Seven people were killed on Saturday, while at least two more died on Sunday.
On Saturday hundreds of rioters burned and looted houses and religious buildings in villages near the provincial capital, Ambon, about 1,440 miles (2300 kilometres) east of Jakarta.
Most of the deaths were reportedly caused by the military when it opened fire on the rioters.
The military contains both Muslims and Christians and it is not clear what part Indonesian soldiers may be taking in the fighting.
It is also unclear what is behind the latest violence.
Maluku, an archipelago province known as the Spice Islands during Dutch colonial rule, has been plagued by religious fighting since January.
About 600 people have been killed and more than a hundred thousand others have fled or lost their homes.
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