Soccer hooligans fight residents

Soccer hooligans fight residents

CIREBON, West Java: Hundreds of soccer hooligans returning
home from Jakarta and local residents living near the railway
station here threw stones at each other on Sunday, causing damage
to hundreds of houses and a number of trains, Antara reported.

Houses on Jl. K.S. Tubun were the worst hit, with damaged
roofs and broken windows from stones fired by the hooligans.
Dozens of other houses in the villages of Suci and Mundu also
were attacked.

Motorists and pedestrians also fell victim to the violent
soccer fans.

In retaliation for the attacks, thousands of Jl. K.S. Tubun
residents came out of their houses and started to throw stones at
any passing train they suspected of carrying soccer hooligans.

The stone war lasted until 10 p.m., when police and employees
of state-run railway company Perumka were deployed to appeal to
angry residents to show restraint.