The Indonesian military says at least two-hundred-and-fifty people have been killed in two days in the latest outbreak of sectarian violence in the Moluccan Islands.
A military official said two hundred had also been injured, as clashes between Muslims and Christians spread to the northern island of Halmahera.
The spokesman said members of the rival groups had attacked each other with home-made guns and bombs.
The trouble is the worst in a year of violence in the region which has so far left more than a thousand people dead.
Local activists are calling for United Nations intervention to halt the fighting, but the UN says it's an issue for Indonesia to resolve. Indonesian troop reinforcements have been sent to the island.
The BBC Jakarta correspondent says the violence may have been triggered by similar clashes on the central island of Ambon, where the military has now taken control of security.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service