Cable Briefs (Press, 23 April 1987)
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Summary: Cable Briefs (Press, 23 April 1987)
On 23 April 1987, Queensland police conducted a raid on a religious commune in Far North Queensland, claiming that men and young boys were engaging in homosexual acts during "prayer meetings." Around fifteen officers from Cairns targeted the commune at dawn following complaints alleging sexual offences. The group was led by an individual known as “the prophet,” who held controversial beliefs that the Bible permitted homosexual relations between men and boys under specific circumstances, which formed the basis of the commune's practices. In other news, a mass grave has been unearthed outside Calama, a desert town located about 1600 km north of Santiago, Chile. The grave contained the fragmented bones of 14 individuals. Human rights activists have reported that this site is associated with a tragic event that occurred on 19 October 1973, when soldiers allegedly shot dead 26 people shortly after the military's coup, which resulted in a violent takeover of the government. Meanwhile, concerning issues in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the government has created a special commission aimed at addressing rampant student violence at Dhaka University. This measure comes in response to a recent incident where a faculty member, confronted by aggressive students armed with knives and guns, jumped from a second-storey window, sustaining serious injuries. Lastly, in the Bahamas, a mob attacked United States and Bahamian drug enforcement agents who were attempting to apprehend suspected marijuana traffickers. The agents faced a barrage of stones and bottles thrown at them as they operated in the area, and their helicopter was fired upon during the chaotic scene. The confrontation allowed two suspects to evade capture after their aircraft crash-landed on the beach near Freeport, although no injuries were reported in the incident.
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