Holidaymakers pelt train

Holidaymakers pelt train

TEGAL, Central Java: At least 300 people waiting at the local
railway station ran amok on Monday after being incorrectly
informed by a station official that a train heading for Jakarta
would not stop in Tegal.

The mob, mostly people returning to Jakarta after the Idul
Fitri holiday, stoned a passing Tegalarum train plying the
Pekalongan-Jakarta route via Tegal, damaging some windows of the
train.

They were enraged because they believed there were no more
cars available for them to go to Jakarta.

Chief of Banyumas Military Command Col. Haryadi Sutanto said
two women were slightly injured in the incident.

The information that the Tegalarum train would not stop at
Tegal station and that the people could not return to Jakarta was
wrong, but it was correct that the train was carrying more than
5,000 people from Pekalongan, Haryadi said.

"Now everything is under control and all the passengers are on
board. We made 25 buses available for the Idul Fitri revelers.
Nothing to worry about. Everybody can go back to business in
Jakarta," Haryadi said.

Some of the people were transported by bus. (45)