Six injured in Brebes brawl

Six injured in Brebes brawl

BREBES, Central Java: Six people were injured in a brawl
involving residents of five villages in Brebes, 200 kilometers
west of the provincial capital of Semarang, early this week.

Antara reported on Wednesday that the brawl on Monday night
was triggered by youths competing for the allocation of parking
spaces at rest stops along a main interprovince route.

Traffic along the road connecting Central and East Java was
congested for four hours during the incident.

Two youth groups pelted stones at each other. Hundreds of
their respective supporters fought with knives and axes. The
brawl ceased after security personnel and Brebes regent Samsudin
Sagiman arrived at the site.

Col. Sueb Sasmita, chief of the Brebes police, said the two
groups agreed to reconcile when their leaders met on Tuesday.
(rms)