Two Indonesian Schoolgirls Shot In Faces

From the same folks who brought you the beheadings of schoolgirls a week or two back:

TWO schoolgirls have been shot in the face in Indonesia's troubled district of Poso, ramping up tensions in a region where 10 days ago three Christian schoolgirls were beheaded, and a fourth wounded by a gang of six masked men.

The 17-year-old high school students were outside their boarding house in Poso city in central Sulawesi on Tuesday night when a man, or possibly two men, drove past on a motorbike and shot both girls, police said yesterday.

One girl had a bullet lodged in her chin, and is suffering wounds in both cheeks where the bullet entered and exited. Both girls were in a critical condition when they were moved to the city's police hospital yesterday.

It remained unclear whether the girls were Christian or Muslim, although a senior police officer who wished to remain anonymous said he believed one girl was Christian and one Muslim - leading police to question the motives for the shootings and whether they were another attempt to foment sectarian conflict in the area.

What is left to say?

posted by Ace at 02:38 PM

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