AMBON, Indonesia, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A mob in the Indonesian city of Ambon has burned down a school suspected of harboring Islamist terrorists.
Enraged by the arrest of terror suspect Syarif Tarabubun, hundreds of people attacked and burned down a Muslim boarding school Monday.
The residents of the Muslim sub-district of Haya, Central Maluku, went on a rampage after they learned that the school principal, Batar, had allegedly harbored Syarif and other terrorists who had been involved in terror activities in the formerly riot-torn city of Ambon.
Central Maluku Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Ngurah Gunawan said that no fatalities had been reported in the incident.
The police officer said Batar was not in the school as he left the area in 2004 after he became the target of a police investigation for his alleged key role in an attack in Wamkana sub-district, Buru regency in May last year, leaving three civilians dead, the Jakarta Post reported.
Of five suspects in the case, only Batar and another person, Nurdin, are still at large while three other suspects have been arrested. They have already told police they were involved in a series of attacks focused on Ambon city.
