Policemen evacuated from Malangke<\/p>\n
MALANGKE, South Sulawesi (JP): Tension gripped remote Malangke
\nin South Sulawesi on Tuesday following Sunday's arson attack on a
\npolice station and several other police buildings in Malangke,
\nLuwu regency, some 450 kilometers north of Makassar.<\/p>\n
Eighteen policemen from Malangke Police station, including
\nMalangke Police chief Second Insp. Baharuddin, and their families
\nwere evacuated on Tuesday and taken to Luwu Police station, some
\n100 kilometers away.<\/p>\n
Tight security was imposed in Malengke following the incident.<\/p>\n
According to Luwu Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Anjaya, the
\nevacuation was necessary to avoid further attacks as angry locals
\nwere still searching for the policeman who accidentally shot a
\nboy dead.<\/p>\n
Anjaya said they had questioned three policemen over the
\nshooting incident. Chief Badaruddin has been named a suspect in
\nthe shooting, he added.<\/p>\n
\"Three detainees also escaped the Malangke Police jail during
\nthe Sunday fray. Material losses are estimated at Rp 150
\nmillion,\" Anjaya said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Parepare Regional Police chief Sr. Comr. Dadang Djuhuri, who
\nvisited the scene on Tuesday, urged people to calm down and
\npromised to investigate the case thoroughly.<\/p>\n
The incident took place at about 8 p.m. local time on Sunday
\nwhen a group of angry residents attacked the Malengke Police
\nstation and set fire to buildings in the compound, including the
\nhouse of the Malengke Police chief.<\/p>\n
All documents and case dossiers were destroyed in the fire and
\nat least 30 assembled Papporo guns stored as evidence apparently
\nwent missing.<\/p>\n
Information gathered on the field reveals that the residents
\nwere upset by the fatal shooting of a boy from Cenning village in
\nthe Malengke Barat area by a policeman from Malengke station.<\/p>\n
The shooting took place when a group of officers chased an
\nassault suspect reported by a 30-year-old resident named Maryani
\nfrom Cenning on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The suspect, who was with a group of youths, fled when he saw
\nthe police searching the village. One of the officers fired
\nwarning shots and a stray bullet hit a sleeping five-year-old boy
\nnamed Bullah. The boy died a gunshot to the head.<\/p>\n
The boy's death sparked the anger of the residents who later
\nretaliated by burning the police station and other buildings.
\n(27\/edt)<\/p>",
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