Brawl turns into townwide fracas<\/p>\n
JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: A fight turned into a townwide melee in
\nNabire yesterday morning, resulting in the destruction of two
\nmajor markets and the local council building.<\/p>\n
The melee stemmed from a fight between diggers at the nearby
\nTopo gold mine, about 69 kilometers outside town, on Sunday which
\nended with three men being killed.<\/p>\n
The bodies of two of the men were then taken to Nabire council
\nbuilding.<\/p>\n
Councilors were ready to receive the bodies and had set a
\nplace in the building for them to be placed. However, Antara
\nreported that once inside the building the group which brought
\nthe bodies suddenly attacked the councilors and began to ransack
\nthe building.<\/p>\n
The fracas spread through the city and by yesterday afternoon
\ndozens of shops and buildings had been looted or burned.<\/p>\n
Antara quoted sources at the Irian Jaya Directorate of Social
\nand Political Affairs as saying that the melee involved a long-
\nstanding dispute of the Biak, Sangir and Dani tribal families who
\nwork at the mine.<\/p>\n
As of yesterday afternoon, local military forces had been sent
\nto the town to stop the riot.<\/p>",
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