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SLUG: 2-292485 Indonesia/Bomb (S)
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DATE=7/27/2002 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-292485 TITLE=INDONESIA/BOMB (S-ONLY) BYLINE=KATE POUND DAWSON DATELINE=HONG KONG CONTENT= VOICED AT=
INTRO: An explosion in an Indonesia market has injured about 50 people. Police say it appears the blast in the divided town of Ambon was caused by a bomb, but they do not yet know who is responsible. V-O-A's Kate Pound Dawson reports from our Asia News Center in Hong Kong. TEXT: The blast occurred as people crowded the market in Ambon for early Saturday shopping. The injured included some children. Ambon is the main city of Maluku province, more than two-thousand kilometers east of the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Muslim-Christian violence has wracked the Maluku islands for several years, claiming at least five-thousand lives. Saturday's explosion is the most recent of a series of violent incidents that have marred a peace deal community leaders signed in February. /// OPT /// The police say no one has yet claimed responsibility for the bomb. /// END OPT /// (Signed)
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