Kraras
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| Coordinates | 8 ° 51 ′ S , 126 ° 19 ′ E | ||
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| Country | East Timor | ||
| Viqueque | |||
| Administrative office | Viqueque | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | TL-VI | ||
| Suco | Uai-mori | ||
| height | 169 m | ||
| founding | 1981 | ||
 Church at the meeting place of Kraras
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Kraras ( Kararas, Krarás ) was an East Timorese town in Suco Uai-Mori ( Viqueque administrative office , Viqueque municipality ), northwest of the municipal capital Viqueque . In 1983 the place was burned down by the Indonesian army .
history
In 1981 Kraras was founded as a new settlement for refugees from Bibileo . They had lived in the mountains between 1976 and 1979 after the Indonesians invaded East Timor in 1975. In 1978/79 most of the civilians surrendered and were initially settled in the city of Viqueque. Later the resettlement in Kraras followed.
On August 8, 1983, the Indonesian military post in Kraras was attacked by FALINTIL guerrillas . 14 Indonesian soldiers were killed. Four more attacks on the Indonesians in what was then the Viqueque district followed by September 6 . Fearing punitive action, hundreds of residents of Krara and neighboring towns fled to the surrounding forests.
On September 7th, the Indonesian army burned the abandoned village of Kraras. The few remaining residents were executed. Soldiers combed the region and forced captured locals to return to the destroyed village or to relocate to Viqueque. There were further executions, rape and torture. According to the Catholic Church, 287 Kraras residents are said to have been murdered. The survivors were forcibly relocated to Clalerec Mutin .
On September 18, 2008, the foundation stone was laid for a memorial to commemorate the massacre. The region is now called the Valley of the Widows .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Timor Archives: Revisiting 1983: Thirty years on , accessed on September 21, 2013
- ↑ The exact location of Kraras could not be localized for this article. The receipt only shows a rough location on the map.
- ↑ a b c d "Chapter 7.2 Unlawful Killings and Enforced Disappearances" ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.5 MB) from the "Chega!" Report by CAVR (English)
- ↑ Timor-Leste Memória ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Amnesty International: EAST TIMOR - Justice past, present and future ( Memento from February 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ 1999 East Timor Crimes Against Humanity: The Kraras Massacre of 1983 ( Memento of January 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Late Night Live in Timor ( Memento from February 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
