SULAWESI, Indonesia — Unidentified snipers shot and injured Hans Sanipi, a 25-year-old Christian, in Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Oct. 21.
Residents of Sulawesi and neighboring Ambon island also found caches of homemade bombs in the third week of October. More than 100 bombs were found hidden in a Muslim cemetery in Poso on Oct. 24, while Christians found 15 bombs in a suitcase planted near a church in Ambon city on Oct. 22. Similar devices were found in another church in Ambon on Oct. 20. Meanwhile, Muslim youths attacked pig farms owned by Christians on Oct. 20, claiming the smell of pigs was offensive, “especially during Ramadan.”
This year’s observance of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, began on Oct. 15 and will end on Nov. 12.
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