Mobs vandalize entertainment spots<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): A total of 42 dimly lit kiosks and entertainment
\nspots on Jl. Raya Parung in Parung district here were vandalized
\nby an angry mob late on Monday.<\/p>\n
The crowds also damaged the three biggest discotheques in the
\narea, namely Flamboyan, Sariwangi and Pendopo 45.<\/p>\n
Local residents were reportedly afraid to go out as the mobs
\nvandalized the entertainment spots.<\/p>\n
\"My kiosk was already closed when hundreds of armed men
\narrived and started to storm the place.. I could only watch as
\nthey outnumbered us,\" Syamsul, one of the kiosk owners, said.<\/p>\n
\"I consider such action to be robbery as they broke into
\npeople's properties, brandishing weapons such as sickles and
\nmachetes, and took away valuable things such as radios and dozens
\nof bottles of beer,\" Syamsul said.<\/p>\n
Head of the neighborhood association, Boim, however, said that
\nhe knew nothing about the occurrence. \"I was in Sukabumi at the
\ntime of the incident.\"<\/p>\n
A local resident named Dedi, 20, however, said that such
\nviolent actions had been common ahead of the Ramadhan fasting
\nmonth.<\/p>\n
\"In fact, they (the mobs) came in three trucks but only two
\ntrucks managed to enter Kampung Jabon and Kampung Kemang while
\nthe other truck was intercepted by the police in Parung,\" Dedi
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The mob dispersed around midnight on Tuesday after the police
\npersuaded them to leave the area. (21\/edt)<\/p>",
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