> From: (by way of Charles Scheiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > Thursday, January 16, 1997 12:59 pm EST > > JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Fifteen people have > been arrested in East Timor in connection with a > violent uprising that broke out during a > gathering to welcome home Nobel Prize-winning > Roman Catholic Bishop Carlos Belo, police said > Thursday. > > Police also identified and expected to arrest 12 > additional suspects allegedly involved in the > melee that left one soldier dead and 11 people > injured, said East Timor's police chief, Col. > Jusuf Mucharam. > > The violence broke out on Christmas Eve outside a > cathedral where thousands of Timorese had > gathered to welcome home Belo, who had been in > Europe to accept the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize. > > Belo was honored for his campaign for a peaceful > settlement to Indonesia's struggle with > pro-independence guerrillas in the former > Portuguese colony that Indonesian forces invaded > in 1975. > > It was not immediately clear what, if any, > charges were being brought against the suspects. > > ) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press ôé®Á? é
