Jakarta – The death toll in fighting between Moslem and Christian communities in Ambon in eastern Indonesia's Maluku province that began last month has risen to 95, a report said here Wednesday.

Maluku province police spokesman Major Philips Jekriel said 94 bodies had been found between January 19 when the unrest broke out and February 1, the official Antara news agency said.

Antara also quoted Maluku Police Chief Colonel Karyono as saying another man was killed during fresh violence that broke out in Ambon city Tuesday. Two others were severly injured, he added.

Jekriel said "hundreds" were injured between January 19 and Feburary 1, Antara said. The previous official toll issued by the military last month was 65.

Jekriel did not specify whether the 29 additional deaths were the result of recent violence or were bodies only just discovered, Antara reported. Other estimates have spoken of higher death tolls. The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) said its members in Ambon had counted 149 dead.

Antara quoted Karyono as saying hundreds of people had been arrested. Of those arrested, 80 are to be tried for criminal acts, while five others would be charged with inciting people to violence, he said.

Unrest in Ambon city and several other places in Maluku began with a dispute between a Moslem migrant and a local public transport driver. It quickly degenerated into communal violence between Moslems and Christians, the worst clashes in Indonesia this year.