A group of unidentified youths set fire Wednesday to a school in the East Timorese city of Baucau, 130 kms east of Dili, causing serious material damage. No one was hurt in the incident. UN civil police investigators said the group of between five and 10 people had set fire to the building at about 2:30 a.m. local time.

A note from the UN transition administration sent to Lusa specified that the perpetrators had fled the scene before the arrival of authorities.

The fire was the most recent incident in Baucau, East Timor's second city, where various acts of violence have taken place since last March, including the burning of the local mosque and an attack on a local administrator and UN officials.