10 killed as gangs clash in Maluku

More than 50 people were injured in the clashes in the provincial capital Ambon, hospital officials said. At least three buildings were set ablaze, including an office housing UN agencies working in the region, witnesses and a spokesman for the world body in Jakarta said. There were no reports of UN staffers being injured.

More than 9,000 people were killed in the Malukus between 1991 and 2001 in fighting between Muslims and Christians that attracted Islamic militants from all over Southeast Asia.

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