9 houses burned in vengeance<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Nine homes were set on fire and 17 others were
\nvandalized in Pisang Batu village in the Cibitung district of
\nBekasi regency on Sunday by some 300 men from Kampung Baru
\nvillage, Tambelang district, the Bekasi Police chief said.<\/p>\n
Lt. Col. Sutarman said on Sunday that no fatalities were
\nreported, but a woman, said to be over 100 years old, suffered
\nsevere burns to a portion of her body.<\/p>\n
\"Her name is Sap. She was with her son Robby in the only home
\nwhich was still occupied. Frightened residents vacated the other
\nhomes,\" Sutarman said.<\/p>\n
He said at about 2 a.m., hundreds of angry screaming Kampung
\nBaru residents marched into Pisang Batu, armed with Molotov
\ncocktails, sticks and rocks.<\/p>\n
\"When the Pisang Batu residents heard the cries, they
\nimmediately left the village, except Robby and his mother. Some
\nresidents managed to drag Sap out of her burning house and threw
\nher into a nearby pool to put the flames out on her body,\"
\nSutarman said.<\/p>\n
\"Luckily, the fire was put out.\"<\/p>\n
Sutarman said the attack was in retaliation of the murder of
\nRochim bin Taman, a Kampung Baru resident, who was killed in
\nPisang Batu on the night of June 3.<\/p>\n
Rochim was visiting his girlfriend, Si Bule, in Pisang Batu at
\nthe time. He left his girlfriend's house to buy a pack of
\ncigarettes, when some 12 men, led by a man named Oman, 20,
\nreportedly started to beat Rochim.<\/p>\n
\"Oman was crazy about Bule. In fear, Rochim ran to the house
\nof a chief of a neighborhood unit. He was pulled out by Oman's
\nfriends. Oman then set him on fire,\" Sutarman said.<\/p>\n
\"Oman then went around the village, announcing on loud
\nspeakers that he and his friends had just set fire to a
\nmotorcycle thief.\" (ylt\/08)<\/p>",
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