Village chief, citizen fight

Village chief, citizen fight

BANGKALAN, East Java: A village chief and a citizen slashed
each other with sickles over a dispute about traffic signs
Tuesday, a press report said yesterday.

Pangalongan village Chief Suli, 50, and Arbai, 50, were both
critically injured, Antara reported.

Both were engaged in a duel following a bitter argument after
the village chief caught Arbai removing a traffic sign barring
trucks from passing the road.

The crowd did not dare intervene because they were threatened.

The duel stopped after police arrived on the scene and fired a
warning shot, said eyewitnesses. (pan)