The Jakarta Post
Bangli regency, some 70 kilometers northwest of Denpasar, was quiet and tense following a riot on Tuesday that involved thousands of residents from Songan and Banjar Kawan villages, resulting in the death of one man and injuries to eight other people.
The riot was triggered by student brawls between high school students living in both villages. The students reported the incidents to their respective families, causing furor between the two villages.
Residents from Songan marched to their opponents’ village in Banjar Kawan and launched an attack at 1 p.m., which escalated into a riot that lasted until 10 p.m. Villagers from Songan were angry that students from their village had been bullied and wounded by youth from Banjar Kawan.
Both groups got involved in an angry riot, killing a 50 year old man Jero Selamet, whose body was immediately rushed to Sanglah Hospital, ...