Jakarta – Five people have been killed and five injured in two days of fresh Muslim-Christian violence in Indonesia's Maluku islands, a report said Friday.

Most victims in the clashes on Saparua island in the central Malukus on Wednesday and Thursday suffered gunshot wounds, the Republika daily quoted local residents as saying. It was not clear who fired the shots.

Maluku police chief Colonel Bugis Saman said security forces had moved to contain the violence, Republika said.

Maluku province, known as the spice islands, has been rocked by bloody sectarian clashes since the beginning of the year.

The violence first broke out in Ambon, the capital of the province, and later spread to other islands in Maluku. Tens of thousands of people have fled to other provinces.

More than 200 people have been killed and more than 600 injured since the violence resurfaced in late July after a few months' lull.

The first wave of Muslim-Christian violence in the islands between January and March left about 350 people dead.