Street stands destroyed<\/p>\n
BANDUNG (JP): Dozens of street stands along Jl. Cibadak were
\ndestroyed by angry mobs following a fight between a becak (three-
\nwheel pedicab) driver and a trader on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses said it all started after Yanto, the becak
\ndriver, hit a cart pulled by Udin, a cloth trader. Another trader
\ncame and smacked Yanto in the face.<\/p>\n
Yanto left but, he returned shortly after with a group of
\npeople, who later destroyed the stands.<\/p>\n
The police arrived at the location and fired shots into the
\nair to disperse the crowd. When they ignored the warnings, the
\npolice blocked the road heading to the area to prevent the fight
\nspreading.<\/p>\n
It was reported that the incident was the culmination of old
\nconflicts between local residents, who are Sundanese, and
\ntraders, who mostly came from outside the province.<\/p>\n
The crowd disbursed late in the night after Bandung mayor
\nEndjang Sudarsono, the local police chief, an activist of the
\nIndonesian Democratic Party of Struggle and some community
\nleaders came and promised to relocate the street traders. (43)<\/p>",
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