Borneo refugees emerge from jungle

The Indonesian government says it plans to end the ethnic violence in central Kalimantan province, on the island of Borneo, within the next three days.

But the security minister Bambang Susilo Yudhoyono said after visiting the area that killings might continue in more remote areas.

More troops are being brought in.

The authorities say about two-hundred-and-seventy people, mostly migrants from the island of Madura, have been killed by the indigenous Dayak population.

But many people believe the real number is far higher.

Thousands of terrified people have been emerging from hiding in the rainforest, where they fled to escape slaughter, and are now waiting to be evacuated.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service