30 Indonesians nabbed for rampage

30 Indonesians nabbed for rampage

MALAYSIA: Thirty Indonesian factory workers have been detained for sparking a major rampage that seriously injured three people, police said on Monday.

The men, who work at a local textile factory in the southern Malacca state, were arrested after police were called in to break up a vicious fight believed to have started as a feud between two Indonesian gangs, said state police chief Christopher Wan Soo Kee.

Several villagers and passersby who tried to stop the fight were also beaten, with three sustaining injuries, he said, adding that police recovered a machete and a 1.3 meter-long iron bar.

Wan said the men, who were believed to have triggered a smaller-scale rampage several months ago, would be held for further investigation. --DPA