E/CN.4/2000/9 page 114 allegedly supported by the military, in the hamlet of Fatubelete, Vatuvou village, on the border between Maubara and Liquica on 4 April 1999. Manuel Flores reportedly sustained injuries to both of his knees, including severed nerves. Tomas des Jesus was reportedly injured in his lower abdomen, as well as suffering bladder damage. Francisco Xavier reportedly sustained abdominal and intestinal damage, allegedly caused by stabbing wounds from a long sword. Jaimito dos Santos reportedly suffered injuries to his left leg and right hand. Jose Cerlio dos Santos was allegedly shot and suffered injuries to his left leg. Manuel Caldiera was allegedly shot in the left hand. Joao da Silva Alexio reportedly suffered a broken left hand, and Paulina de Jesus, who was carrying a three-month-old baby, reportedly had her back and eyelids sliced by a machete. 580. Alipio Maia Moniz, Afonso Cardoso Moniz, Anselmo Bere and Ligia Maia Seu, the four-year-old daughter of Alipio Moniz, were allegedly detained and tortured on 5 April 1999 by members of Tilomar KORAMIL and Laksaur Merah Putih militia members in Desa Maudemo, Tilomar subdistrict, Covalima district. Alipio Maia Moniz was reportedly arrested without warrant in Tabloo hamlet on 5 April 1999 and taken to Tilomar 02 KORAMIL, where he was detained for two days and nights and released. He was allegedly tortured while in detention by militia and KORAMIL members and suffered from bruising and bodily injuries, including profuse bleeding from his mouth and nose. 581. Natalino de Jesus, Cosme Freitas, Victor Gomes, Marcel (Doni)(no surname) and Abrao do Nacimento, students at the University of East Timor, were reportedly attacked and severely beaten with fists, blocks of wood and rifle butts by members of the Laksaur Merah Putih and pro-independence Mahidin militia on 5 April 1999 in the Suai district. The students were reportedly attending a compulsory social work project as part of their training when the militias were conducting an operation throughout Zumalai sub-district to Beko village in the Suai district. All of the students, with the exception of Marcel, were attacked because they were members of the Solidarity Council of Students of the University of East Timor. 582. Manuel Magalhaes, a member of the National Council for Timorese Resistance, Jose de Andrade and six unidentified individuals were allegedly arrested in Maliama sub-district, Bobonaro, on 12 April 1999 by the Indonesian National Army (TNI) and a paramilitary unit, Halilintar. All but two of the men were subsequently released. Jose da Andrade was reportedly beaten unconscious while in custody and required hospitalization following his release. 583. Cesar Xavier Pinto was reportedly arrested on 16 April 1999 and tortured by members of 59/75 militia in Lacluta Dilor. He was reportedly arrested in his house and subsequently brought to a militia post in district command headquarters in Viqueque, where he was allegedly tortured, resulting in all four of his limbs being broken. 584. Joao Filomeno Vaz, Adriano Gusmao Vaz, Evangelino Soares, Santiago Ximenes Vaz, Paulino Gama, Luiz Diaz, Joao (no surname), Remexio (no surname) and Antonio (no surname) were allegedly detained and tortured by members of the military, police and militia in Hera village on 21 April 1999. They were reportedly beaten at the time of their arrest and taken to the local police station or army post before being moved to Hera police headquarters. While in detention, they were allegedly beaten with rifle butts. After being beaten in the police station, they were reportedly brought to the Becora prison, Dili