Homes attacked after defeat

BOGOR: Supporters of a defeated soccer team damaged tens of houses and stole chickens and bicycles belonging to residents of the winning village in Bogor regency on Thursday.

Hadi Prayitno, 55, a neighborhood unit chief in Pondok Udik subdistrict, Kemang district, said supporters of the Cibeutung village team could not accept the loss to the local Hambulu village team and ran amok.

"They damaged tens of houses and plundered our residents' belongings such as chickens and bicycles, along the three kilometer route back to Cibeutung," he said on Thursday night.

The supporters had also resorted to violence by running onto the soccer field during the game but police managed to calm them and the game continued, he said.

But after the game, and the loss, the fans continued their violence.--JP