One killed, 13 injured in Belawan

One killed, 13 injured in Belawan

MEDAN (JP): At least one man was killed in the mob attack on
warehouses in the North Sumatra port of Gabion Belawan on
Tuesday, provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Sutiyono said on
Wednesday.

Sutiyono said that an employee of one of the warehouses, Ang
Kok Ciong, 41, was killed when he tried to prevent the mob from
burning the warehouses.

He added that 13 people were injured when security personnel
deployed to the area were forced to open fire on the people.

At least 136 people were detained.

Sutiyono said local fishermen were provoked after hearing that
one of their colleagues was beaten up by guards from the
warehouse complex. The guards confronted the man after he
allegedly stole fish the previous day.

Apart from the two warehouses that were gutted, Sutiyono said
at least eight warehouses and 21 trawlers were burned.

Dozens of armed military and Mobile Brigade personnel guarded
the port on Wednesday as dozens of people sifted through the
debris. (39)