Residents still fearful after brawl

Residents still fearful after brawl

MEDAN, North Sumatra: The area where locals clashed with
hoodlums remained tense as of Wednesday, with residents fearful
of leaving their homes. The brawl, which lasted from late Sunday
to Monday morning, and which, according to police, involved some
1,000 locals, took place near H. Adam Malik Hospital in the town
of Tuntungan, near Sunggal district.

Staff at the hospital said five hoodlums were killed in the
brawl, while police said on Tuesday only one was killed. The dead
were identified as Budiman Waruwu, Roni Ginting, Gulo, Jonathan
Bangun and Zakaria Tarigan.

Residents said the brawl began when they resisted the
hoodlums' extortion attempts. Police said locals attacked the
thugs when a resident was wounded by an arrow fired by one of the
alleged extorters.(39)