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Police in Dili, East Timor, assault a civilian who had urged them to intervene to stop a violent confrontation between a government-backed militia and pro-independence supporters, August 26, 1999. Immediately after this photo was taken by J. Stanmeyer, the officers shot and killed the man.

Police in Dili, East Timor, assault a civilian who had urged them to intervene to stop a violent confrontation between a government-backed militia and pro-independence supporters, August 26, 1999. Immediately after this photo was taken by J. Stanmeyer, the officers shot and killed the man.

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