Vendor arrested for throwing stones

Vendor arrested for throwing stones

TANGERANG: A street vendor was arrested by police following a
brawl between dozens of Tangerang public order officers and
hundreds of vendors on Thursday evening at Pasar Anyar.

Five public order officers were injured in the brawl and taken
to Tangerang General Hospital as vendors pelted them with stones.

One officer was still in hospital as of Friday, while the
street vendor, Anton, remains in police custody. Anton, who sells
men's belts, was the only one caught in the act of pelting stones
at the officers.

The incident caused a large traffic jam, with many passing
public transportation minivans and private cars trapped in the
congestion. Many vehicle windows were damaged from the stones
thrown by the vendors.

However, there were no reports of injured motorists.

The brawl ended after hundreds of police officers from the
Tangerang Police Headquarters, just 200 meters away, arrived and
fired shots into the air.--JP