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Deputy SRSG Dennis McNamara today attended an inauguration of the rehabilitated Baucau mosque that was destroyed in March during a series of violent incidents.
Bishop of Baucau Basilio Nascimento, and the Malaysian and Portuguese ambassadors were among those that attended the ceremony.
The Moslem community in Baucau had asked that the mosque be formally inaugurated before the end of Ramadan, which finishes on Monday.
Sources in Baucau told Lusa the situation by late afternoon was "calm but tense".
[Reporter] The Baucau mosque was set alight by residents in retaliation for the actions of the Jordanian troops.
In the last few days Baucau experienced moments of great tension after Jordanian troops became involved in a dispute between a village and residents of the Baucau market area.
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