One dies in village brawl in Bengkalis regency<\/p>\n
Haidir Anwar Tanjung, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru, Riau<\/p>\n
A brawl erupted between villagers of Kuala Merbau, Bengkalis
\nregency, Riau province, leaving at least one person dead and two
\nothers severely wounded, police said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Riau Police chief Brig. Gen. Deddy S. Komaruddin said officers
\narrested six suspects after the brawl on Friday, which involved
\nhundreds of villagers.<\/p>\n
\"Bengkalis Police have secured six suspects and are looking
\nfor three others. We hope the violence will not spread,\" he told
\nThe Jakarta Post here.<\/p>\n
He said local police were mediating talks between the feuding
\nparties to embrace and promote peace, through the community
\nleaders of the rival parties.<\/p>\n
The dead victim was identified as Azhar, 31, from the RW1
\nneighborhood. He died from stab wounds.<\/p>\n
The two wounded victims are Syaiful, 35, whose left hand was
\nsevered, and Bakhtiar, 30, who lost three of his fingers. They
\nwere admitted to Bengkalis General Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n
The clash broke out on Friday about 10:30 p.m. between the RW1
\nand RW2 neighborhoods of Kuala Merbau village, believed to have
\nbeen sparked by a personal vendetta.<\/p>\n
Local residents said the brawl took place after Azhar was
\nattacked by a group of armed people from RW 2.<\/p>\n
\"We believe there were 30 attackers, and nine of them are
\nsuspected of leading the brawl,\" Deddy said.<\/p>\n
Riau Police deputy chief Sr. Comr. Soewadji, accompanied by
\nBengkalis Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Slamet Rianto, had gone to
\nthe location of the unrest to restore peace there.<\/p>\n
He suspected revenge was the reason behind the violence,
\nfollowing an unrest in May when youths from RW1 attacked a man
\nfrom the rival neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Haidir, 35, from the village confirmed the brawl was sparked
\nby a vendetta between youths from the two feuding neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
Police are investigating the cause of the incident.<\/p>\n
Bengkalis Deputy Regent Reza Pahlevi regretted the brawl that
\ntook place only three days after Idul Fitri, and urged local
\nvillagers to exercise self-restraint and avoid being provoked
\ninto violent acts.<\/p>\n
Separately, in Magelang, Central Java, police said on Monday
\nthey had arrested four people charged with starting a brawl on
\nSunday between residents of Punduhan hamlet, Sambakan village,
\nand those of Marjoyo hamlet, Banjaragung village, Kajoran
\nsubdistrict.<\/p>\n
\"By 3 p.m. on Monday, four suspects had been arrested and are
\nbeing questioned,\" Magelang Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Agus
\nSofyan Abadi was quoted by Antara as saying.<\/p>\n
He declined to identify the four detainees, saying more
\nsuspects could be arrested soon.<\/p>\n
The Sunday clash left four people -- Wahyudi, 25, Wahyono, 23,
\nSutoyo, 27, and Nugroho, 18 -- injured and nine houses damaged.<\/p>\n
The violence was allegedly caused by a dispute between two
\nlocal youths Wahyono, 23, and Rois Kurniawan, 15, over a girl.<\/p>\n
Rois, from Marjoyo, apparently became jealous when Wahyono,
\nfrom Punduhan, escorted his girlfriend Wasil, 14, home.<\/p>\n
Wahyono was later stopped by two youths on his way back from
\nWasil's house. After they let him go, Wahyono and his friend
\nSutoyo, 27, went to Marjoyo to find the youths but failed.<\/p>\n
Hours later, 15 youths from Marjoyo went to Sambakan to find
\nWahyono and beat him up. Several of his friends escaped the
\nattack.<\/p>\n
Later, around 200 Sambakan villagers went to Marjoyo to search
\nfor Wahyono's attackers, but failing to find them, they instead
\ndestroyed several houses.<\/p>\n
Dozens of Magelang police officers remained on guard at the
\ntwo villages to prevent further violence.<\/p>",
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