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DATE=4/18/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-248254
TITLE=EAST TIMOR MASSACRE
BYLINE=JENNY GRANT 
DATELINE=JAKARTA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:  
INTRO: THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR 
THE MASSACRE OF UP TO 30 CIVILIANS IN EAST TIMOR THIS WEEKEND. 
FROM JAKARTA JENNY GRANT REPORTS MILITIAS CONTINUED THEIR TERROR 
ON SUNDAY.  
TEXT: 500 PEOPLE GATHERED FOR A PRIVATE MASS, SUNDAY MORNING,  IN
THE BACKYARD OF THE NOBLE LAUREATE BISHOP OF DILI,  CARLOS BELO. 
BISHOP BELO,  WHO WAS VISIBLY UPSET,  SAID CERTAIN GROUPS WERE 
TRYING TO DESTROY EAST TIMOR.  
IN THE CONGREGATION WERE THE CARRASCALAO FAMILY WHO MOURNED THE 
LOSS OF THEIR TEENAGE SON DURING A MILITIA ATTACK ON THEIR HOME 
SATURDAY.  
POLICE SAY 20 BODIES WERE FOUND INSIDE THE RANSACKED HOUSE. MOST 
OF THOSE KILLED WERE REFUGEES WHO HAD SOUGHT SHELTER WITH THE 
FAMILY.  RESISTANCE SOURCES SAY AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN
THE ATACK.  
THE BODIES ARE BEING GUARDED AT THE WIRAHUSADA MILITARY HOSPITAL 
IN DILI. JOURNALISTS HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO ENTER THE HOSPITAL.
DEWI FORTUNA ANWAR, SPOKESPERSON FOR PRESIDENT HABIBIE, SAYS THE 
ATTACK IS THE RESPONSIBILTY OF THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT BECAUSE 
IT IS THE ONLY  AUTHORITY IN EAST TIMOR.  
MS ANWAR SAYS INDONESIA IS STILL COMMITTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS 
PEACE PROCESS FOR THE TERITORY.  
FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM INDONESIA AND PORTUGAL WILL MEET IN NEW 
YORK THIS  WEEK TO FINALIZE AN AUTONOMY PACKAGE.  DIPLOMATIC 
SOURCES SAY THE AUTONOMY OFFER MUST CONCENTRATE ON SECURITY 
ARRANGEMENTS AND DISARMING THE PRO-JAKARTA PARAMILITIARIES.  
MILITIAS CONTINUED TO CONTROL LARGE PARTS OF DILI SUNDAY,  
UNHINDERED BY THE MILITARY.  ARMED MILITAS ROAMED THROUGH THE 
EAST DILI SUBURB OF BECORA, FORCING RESIDENTS TO FLEE TO THE 
NEIGHBORING AREA OF KULUHUM.  
MILTIAS ALSO SURROUNDED THE HOUSE OF XANANA GUSMAO'S SISTER AND 
BUSINESSMAN OSCAR LIMA.   BOTH ARE ADVOCATES FOR INDEPENDENCE.  
RESISTANCE SOURCES CHARGE THAT SOME MILITIA MEMBERS ARRIVED IN 
JAKARTA SUNDAY TO  BEGIN CAMPAIGNS OF TERROR AGAINST PRO 
INDEPEDENCE EAST TIMORESE LIVING IN JAKARTA.  (SIGNED)
18-Apr-99 3:21 AM EDT (0721 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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