Christians Convicted Of Muslim Killings In Indonesia
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — A dozen Christian men were convicted yesterday and sentenced to up to 14 years in jail for beating to death and beheading two Muslims to avenge the government executions of three Christians in Indonesia.
Five other Christians received eight-year terms for burying the pair, who were set upon by a mob as they drove though a Christian neighborhood on Sulawesi island a day after the September 22, 2006, executions of Fabianus Tibo and two other Christian militants.
The three executed Christians had been found guilty of leading a militia that killed at least 70 Muslims during a 1999–2002 religious war on the island that led to the deaths of at least 1,000 people from both faiths.
