Sumbawa villagers riot, one dead

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: One villager was killed and four others severely injured after gang fight between neighboring villagers in Bima regency, West Nusa Tenggara province on Sunday.

The bloody riot on Sumbawa island also left six buildings in Rompo subdistrict burned.

The clash broke out after a Rompo resident named Gunawan had a scuffle with Omang from neighboring Karumbu subdistrict.

Omang, who was surrounded in the fight, ran away back to his village and quickly was able to round up a vigilante posse of Karumbu residents to exact revenge upon Gunawan and the rest of Rompo. The Karumbu residents got to the outskirts of Rompo and were met by a gang of Rompo residents, who had anticipated the revenge attack, and the two gangs armed with sharp weapons fought a pitched battle. -- JP