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Foreigners attacked in Aceh in Indonesia

Published on 24 November 2009 - 7:00pm
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There have been more attacks on foreigners in Indonesia's Aceh province.

 

Last week, the European Union representative in the provincial capital Banda Aceh, British national John Penny, and his wife were fired upon outside their house. On Monday, the home of two teachers from United States came under fire in Banda Aceh. No one was hurt.

 

Shots were fired at the German Red Cross office in Banda Aceh at the beginning of November. One member of staff was injured and is in hospital in Singapore.

 

Indonesian police say the attacks are designed to scare foreigners into leaving the city. Mr Penny, however, says he has no intention of going away.

 

 

 

 

map: (Wikimedia.org)
 

  • (Wikimedia.org)

Discussion

Anonymous 25 November 2009 - 4:52am / Indonesia
Three errors need to be corrected The name of the EU official is PeNNy not Perry and his house was shot monday 16-11 so not this monday. This monday 23-11 the house of two Americans was shot. The red cross delegate was not shot in his office but in his car.

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