Communal brawl erupts in Bali

Communal brawl erupts in Bali

DENPASAR, Bali: A brawl between two neighboring hamlets in
Mambal village, some 15 kilometers north of here, left one house,
one family temple and a motor scooter badly damaged on Sunday
night.

No fatalities were reported in the incident.

An eyewitness reported that the brawl started at 5 p.m. local
time and ended a few hours later after the police arrived at the
scene.

The incident started when several men of Lambing hamlet
stormed into the house of resident Ketut Ardika in Samu. Ardika
called in some neighbors for protection.

During the clash the Lambing residents damaged one house and a
motor scooter belonging to a Samu villager.

There was no official statement on the cause of the brawl.

A local source said that the brawl was triggered by a feud
between Ketut Ardika and I Gusti Ngurah Aryata, the leader of
Lambing village.

Another source, meanwhile, said that the conflict was sparked
by the plan of Lambing people to break the dominance of Samu
hamlet over their hamlet. (zen)