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More Christians residents of the Indonesian resort island Lombok fled for their lives Friday in the wake of attacks by Muslim residents. Gary Thomas reports.
     Indonesian police and troops patrolled the streets of Lombok Friday, keeping a lid on any recurrence of violence that swept the resort island earlier in the week. Some businesses reopened in Mataram, the main city of Lombok, but some 600 Christians fled to neighboring B ali Friday, fearful of a new eruption of anti-Christian violence. The Indonesian army warned Friday it would take stem measures against any attempts to export the violence to the capital, Jakarta. The unrest in Lombok was sparked at a rally Monday, calling for an end to the violence in the Marlucu Islands further east where at least 1,500 people have been killed in Christian-Muslim clashes. The violence comes just when tourism to Bali and neighboring Lombok was starting to recover from a slump. Tourists had been beginning to return after staying away for fear of being caught in social unrest. Gary Thomas, VOA news, Bangkok.