Back أزمة تيمور الشرقية 1999 Arabic Crisi del Timor Oriental (1999) Catalan 1999 East Timorese crisis English Orienttimora krizo de 1999 EO Crisis de Timor Oriental de 1999 Spanish 1999. aasta Ida-Timori kriis ET Itä-Timorin kriisi 1999 Finnish Crise timoraise de 1999 French 1999-es kelet-timori konfliktus Hungarian Krisis Timor Timur 1999 ID
The 1999 East Timorese crisis was a conflict. Militia who did not like the independence in East Timor started the conflict when they attacked civilians. These attacks led to more violence all over the country. Most of the violence occurred in the capital Dili.
The violence started after the result of an election was independence from Indonesia. About 1400 people are thought to have died. An UN force (InterFET) made up mainly of people from the Australian Defence Force was sent to East Timor to establish and maintain peace.