Residents block Ambon street

Residents block Ambon street

AMBON, Maluku: Residents from the Batumerah subdistrict blocked a
main street in Ambon city from Friday night to Saturday morning
to protest police detentions of several locals.

The blockade of a main thoroughfare leading into the Batumerah
area caused large traffic jams. It was voluntarily called off
after Ambon police Adj. Sr. Comr. Leonidas Braksan spoke to the
demonstrators on Saturday.

Police had earlier detained residents from the area in their
search for the perpetrators of string of armed attacks in the
city, including the attack on the Villa Cafe in February that
killed two people. -- JP