At least 13 people were injured in a bomb blast in Indonesia's Ambon island Saturday, police and witnesses said. The explosion went off at around 9:00 am (0000 GMT) at the busy Yos Sudarso ferry terminal in Ambon, injuring port labours and travellers, they said.
"We have collected evidence and questioned five people," Ambon police spokesman Tommy Napitupulu told reporters here. No immediate explanation was given for the blast, but Ambon and nearby islands have a history of Muslim-Christian violence. Ambon and other islands in the Maluku chain were the scene of sectarian violence that left more than 5,000 people dead between 1999 and 2002, when a government-sponsored peace pact took hold.
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