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Mobs destroy 3 churches
in C. Java

Blasphemy effect: (Krisna Krisna Sumargo/Tribunnews)

Mobs destroyed three churches in Temanggung, Central Java, on Tuesday in violence that broke out following a blasphemy hearing against defendant Antonius Richmond Bawengan.

The angry crowd set the Bethel Church and Pantekosta Church on fire, and threw stones at Santo the Petrus and Paulus Church, kompas.com reported Tuesday.

Stores in the city were closed and traffic was reportedly chaotic because of the violence.

During the hearing, prosecutors had demanded the court sentence Antonius to five years in prison for his alleged blasphemy against Islam via books and articles in October 2010.

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