Protestant clergyman and wife killed with machetes
[ Latest in series of murders committed by Muslims ]
("AsiaNews", April 27, 2009)
Jakarta, Indonesia – Police found Rev Frans Koagow, 64, and his wife Femy
Kumendong, 73, at their home, dead, killed with machetes. The couple lived
in Manado, capital of North Sulawesi province, where a majority of Sulawesi
Island Christians live. Most local Christians are Protestant.
Malalayang Police Chief Anthony Wenno said the murderers had not yet been
identified but that they were looking for two men who came to Reverend
Koagow’s home on a motorbike around 7 am.
Police also said that nothing was stolen from the two murder victims so
theft or extortion can be ruled out as possible motives.
Some witnesses said that when the suspects came to Rev Frans Koagow’s
home, they were told that he was not there but in a nearby kiosk.
The two men met their victim there and after eating together they
accompanied him home where they killed him.
Tensions between Christians and majority Muslims on Sulawesi Island have
been high and over the past few years clashes and violence have become
commonplace.
In several of the island’s provinces Christians have been murdered.
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