Traders, thugs clash over 'security' fee<\/p>\n
INDONESIA: A group of thugs clashed with local traders in
\nTavip market in Binjai, some 20 kilometers south of North Sumatra
\ncapital Medan, on Saturday, leaving all the shops in town shut
\nfor some seven hours. No fatalities were reported in the
\nincident.<\/p>\n
Witnesses said the clash began on Saturday morning at 10 p.m.,
\nwhen several local thugs led by Untung, 29, demanded money from
\nseveral traders in the Tavip market. The money, they argued, was
\n\"security fee.\"<\/p>\n
The demand drew the ire of the traders, and one of the angry
\ntraders eventually punched Untung in the face.<\/p>\n
Having received the unexpected blow and outnumbered by the
\ntraders, Untung and his gang went back to their homes in Limau
\nSundai subdistrict, to round up more people and search for
\nweapons for their revenge attack.<\/p>\n
Equipped with sharp weapons of various types, the reinforced
\ngroup of thugs stormed into the market and randomly destroyed
\nkiosk after kiosk, said Dido, a local resident in Binjai.<\/p>\n
No fatalities were reported as the traders had closed their
\nshops and left the scene before the gangsters returned.<\/p>\n
Adj. Sr. Comr. Bambang Waskito, the chief of Binjai police
\nprecinct, said the situation was under the police's control by
\nSaturday afternoon. He claimed \"all parties involved\" in the case
\nwere being held at the Binjai police headquarters for further
\nquestioning. -- JP<\/p>",
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