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<br>By Nilufar Rizki and Stanley Widianto<br> <br>JAKARTA, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Police in Indonesia were on Saturday hunting suspected militants accused of killing four people said by rights groups to be Christians, beheading one and burning down their homes.<br> <br>Ten militants linked to a "terrorist" group beheaded one victim and slit the throats of the others on the island of Sulawesi on Friday, national police spokesman Awi Setiyono quoted a witness as saying.<br> <br>Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-majority country,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/du-lich-bali-tuyet-voi-nhu-the-nao.html kynghidongduong.vn] has grappled with intermittent militant attacks recently.<br> <br>"This attack is another serious escalation against the Christian minority in Indonesia," Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono told Reuters.<br> <br>Gomar Gultom, the head of the Communion of Churches in Indonesia, said the victims were Christian and urged the authorities to resolve the case.<br> <br>International Christian Concern, a Washington-based advocacy group,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/du-lich-bali-tuyet-voi-nhu-the-nao.html du lịch ba li] said "an alleged terrorist" killed four Christians in the Sulawesi village, burning down a Salvation Army post and Christian homes.<br> <br>According to witness reports, the perpetrators had asked for food from the victims who were killed when they refused, Awi told Reuters.<br><br>He denied the attacks were religiously motivated.<br> <br>"We're on the ground now, there's about 100 people who will start chasing," he told the news [http://www.hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=channel%20Metro channel Metro] TV.<br> <br>The investigation, led by the Indonesian police and  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/du-lich-bali-tuyet-voi-nhu-the-nao.html du lịch ba li] the military, may run into hurdles as the incident took place in a hilly, remote village near the region of Sigi in Central Sulawesi province, he said.<br>(Reporting by Nilufar Rizki and Stanley Widianto; Editing by William Mallard and Mike Harrison)<br>