UNREST IN DILI, EAST TIMOR

on February 17, 2006 by Zainal

Infighting among factions in the military and police sparked the violence, which killed at least 21 people and degenerated into ethnic warfare on the streets, prompting the deployment of around 3,200 international peacekeepers.

The ethnic violence pitched youths from East Timor’s eastern districts against those from the west.