Renewed clash erupts in Poso

Renewed clash erupts in Poso

PALU, Central Sulawesi: Uneasy calm returned to the town of
Poso in Central Sulawesi on Wednesday, following a fight between
locals from Sayo Atas and Sayo Bawah subdistricts which left a
policeman injured earlier in the day.

Local police chief Lt. Col. Achmad Abdi said that Second Sgt.
Rudi was wounded when trying to disperse the fighting residents
from Sayo Atas and Sayo Bawah.

"Hundreds of armed mobs from both villages were attacking each
other. That was about when somebody inside the crowd shot officer
Rudi's leg with an assembled gun," Achmad told The Jakarta Post
by phone.

The officer was rushed to a clinic at the local police
headquarters, he added.

As of 9 p.m. local time tension still gripped Poso, which is
located about 224 kilometers southeast of here, with thousands of
people reportedly gathering at Sepe village.

"The security is on full alert now and we will immediately
disperse any group of crowd assembling in the streets," he said.
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