A portrait of city trying to restore normalcy

A portrait of city trying to restore normalcy

Residents of Tasikmalaya are trying to restore normalcy in their
town after the violence of last Thursday. These photos show
aspects of life in Tasikmalaya over the weekend (starting top
left and moving clockwise). Female students of the Riyadhul Ulum
Wadda'wah Moslem boarding school look over their balcony.
Officials inspect a gutted Roman Catholic church, one of 13
prayer houses razed by rioters. Hi-fi, sets seized by soldiers
military from looters, are on display at the town's military
command office. Workers clear debris from outside an electronic
shop. Traders hawk their trumpets at a strategic corner of the
town's center, hoping to catch New Year's Eve revelers. Students
of a Moslem boarding school help troops clean up graffiti, some
of which included inciting slogans, although some had already
been painted over by house owners during the riot, in the hope
that their property would be spared. (Photos by Arief Suhardiman)