Five killed in Medan

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Five men were killed Monday in the Tuntungan district here, some 20 kilometers southwest of Medan, in a battle with residents. Bows and arrows and machetes were among the weapons used, Reuters reported.

Locals said the trigger was because villagers refused the men's demand for money. They said they were fed up of the men they describe as thugs, who had long extorted them.