Followers of Solomon Islands warlord Harold Keke have attacked two remote villages, damaging a church and some houses. Keke and his followers have been accused of killing dozens of people, rape, torture and of razing several villages during five years of fighting between militias from Guadalcanal and Malaita islands. He is awaiting trial on attempted murder charges.
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In the first report of violence since peacekeepers landed in the Solomons a month ago, a priest, Josiah Konga, said the villages had been attacked on the Weathercoast, south of the capital, Honiara. Nick Warner, an Australian diplomat heading the international force, says police are investigating the reports. |