Six wounded during intervillage brawl

Six wounded during intervillage brawl

PEMALANG, Central Java: Security forces firing into a mob
during a fight between residents from two villages in Central
Java wounded six people.

Hundreds of residents of the Sugihwaras and Widuri villages in
Pemalang were involved in clashes on Saturday, and security
personnel fired into the mob after warning shots were ignored.

The attack by villagers from Sugihwaras also left one shop
burned and several houses damaged in the village of Widuri.

The violence was the second outbreak of fighting between the
two villages after an earlier clash on Wednesday left dozens
injured and at least 25 houses damaged.

The fighting was allegedly sparked by rumors that a Sugihwaras
villager had been mobbed to death by Widuri residents after a
road accident. The man had actually died in the hospital from
injuries suffered during the accident. (45/edt)