Music concert in Cirebon turns violent

Music concert in Cirebon turns violent

CIREBON: A concert given by pop group Padi degenerated into
violence on Saturday when spectators clashed with the police,
wounding four people and causing dozens to faint.

Three of the injured were spectators and the other was a
policeman, who was seriously injured in the clash.

The spectators who blacked out were mostly teenage girls
jostled by the rowdy crowd that packed the city's Raga Bima
Sports Center.

The clash was caused by gatecrashers outside the sport center
trying to force their way in, even though they had no tickets.

Police tried to stop them by firing warning shots into the
air, which apparently hit three members of the crowd, who then
responded by pelting the police officers with stones. --JP