Apology for shooting youth

Dili - Indonesia's military yesterday publicly apologised for the shooting of an East Timorese youth, as students in Jakarta …

Dili - Indonesia's military yesterday publicly apologised for the shooting of an East Timorese youth, as students in Jakarta stepped up pressure for self-determination in the troubled territory.

A soldier on Tuesday shot Herman Dasdores Soares (21) in Obrato, some 60 km east of the East Timor capital, Dili.

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