100 detained after Cirebon brawl

100 detained after Cirebon brawl

CIREBON, West Java: At least 100 people have been rounded up for their involvement in a mass brawl between two villages in Cirebon, West Java, local police said on Thursday.

Cirebon Police also confiscated a number of knives, Molotov cocktails, arrows, nails, stones and sharpened sticks used in the clash on Wednesday between villagers in Dukuh and Karang Kendal in Kapetakan subdistrict.

Cirebon Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Ricardo Hutauruk said the detainees were currently being held for intensive questioning.

No casualties were reported after the brawl that left several houses damaged. The reason for the clash was not clear. --Antara