Five held over Christian schoolgirl beheadings

Five men were being questioned today in connection with the beheadings of three Christian schoolgirls in an Indonesian province that has long been plagued by sectarian violence, police said.

The five – a retired soldier, two hospital security guards and two other civilians – have not officially been declared suspects in the October 29 killings outside the town of Poso, said Col Oegroseno, the police chief in Central Sulawesi province.