Jokowi: Brutal Sulawesi slayings beyond humanity


President Joko Widodo said the attack was designed to drive a wedge among the population in the world's biggest majority-Muslim nation. - Reuters

JAKARTA (Reuters): Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday (Nov 30) condemned the brutal murder of four villagers by suspected Islamist militants as "beyond the limits of humanity", as the military chief prepared to deploy special forces to join the hunt for the killers.

In a video address, the President said the attack on Friday in a region riven by bloody, sectarian conflict in the past was designed to drive a wedge among the population in the world's biggest majority-Muslim nation.

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