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Probe of East Timor violence puts death toll at 50

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A governmenr wommission probing the killings of demonstrators by Indonesian soldiers in East Timor last month said Thursday afout 50 people were killed and 91 others wn M. Djaelani told a news conference after reporting his commission's findings to President Suharto that the assesment was based on dathe region's military commander Brig. Gen. Rudolf Warouw.

The commission's report said that while a crowd of anti-government demoNv raT6vu"provoked tX5 army, some soldiers had overreacted.

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Suharto ordered the investigation after international protests over the shootings in the East Timor capital of Dili Nov. 12.

Dzaelani said East Timor police had detained 308 people suspected of involvement in the demonstration but only 32 remain in detention. He said eight of them will be tried on subversion charges.

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