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April 3, 2009

Uncovered Graves Could Hold Bodies of Dili Massacre Victims
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And in East Timor, investigators are believed to have found the first
bodies of protesters gunned down by US-backed Indonesian forces in the
Dili massacre of 1991. On November 12th, 1991, Indonesian troops opened
fire on a crowd of several thousand unarmed Timorese civilians gathered
at the Santa Cruz cemetery. At least 271 people were killed, but no
bodies were ever found. The Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
says it’s dug up sixteen bodies from unmarked graves at Hera, near Dili.



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