| Subject: UN
finds 3 bodies in Timor town, believes 16 more
UN finds 3 bodies in Timor town, believes
16 more
DILI, East Timor, Dec 28 (Reuters) - U.N.
civilian police in East Timor have exhumed three bodies in dense scrub
near the coastal town of Liquica and suspect a further 16 will be found in
nearby gravesites, a spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday.
U.N. civilian police chief for the
Liquica district Steve Minhennett said the U.N. also believed it would
find up to 200 bodies across the district, just west of the capital Dili.
Liquica was a stronghold of pro-Indonesia
militias who waged a campaign of intimidation ahead of East Timor's
overwhelming vote for independence on August 30 and went on a rampage of
murder and arson afterwards.
``So far we've raised 69 bodies in the
Liquica district and we have the potential for approximately 200,''
Minhennett said.
Investigators said the dead were victims
of the post August 30 violence and not of the Liquica church massacre in
early April.
``The forensic pathologist has told us
that one of the victims had a broken cheekbone on both sides, has lost all
his front teeth, had his skull factured, his jaw fractured and his left
arm has been severed just above the wrist...these are pretty traumatic
injuries,'' Minhennett said.
The U.N.-mandated multinational force
charged with restoring peace after the militia rampage says just over 200
bodies have so far been uncovered across the territory but locals still
believe thousands were killed.
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