More Than a Dozen Die in Gang Clashes
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Clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs in eastern Indonesia left more than a dozen people dead. Mobs rampaged in Ambon, looting and setting ablaze dozens of shops in sectarian violence between Christian and Muslim residents, witnesses said. Police initially tried to disperse hundreds of looters by firing tear gas and warning shots into the air. But when the gangs--armed with rocks, machetes, lances, arrows and gasoline bombs--failed to scatter, officers were seen firing into the crowds.
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