Mob attacks kill 21

Mob attacks kill 21

BANYUMAS, Central Java: Fourteen people have been burned alive
and seven more hacked to death by mobs in Cilacap regency over
the last seven months.

Cilacap Police chief Supt. Bambang Sudarisman said on Monday
that the violence had left 44 people injured, 75 houses gutted
and more than 7,000 rubber trees destroyed. Financial losses
resulting from the attacks have been estimated at Rp 3.5 billion.

Bambang said the local police were promoting a law awareness
campaign to people living in the area in a bid to prevent them
from taking the law into their own hands.

"We really hope this measure will be effective. We don't want
this to happen again," he said.(45/bby)