Police: Fire, clash at nightclub kill 19 people in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A nightclub in Indonesia’s West Papua province burned after two neighborhood teams clashed contained in the constructing and 19 individuals had been killed, officers stated Tuesday.

Members of the 2 teams attacked one another with machetes, arrows and Molotov cocktails, Nationwide Police spokesperson Ahmad Ramadhan stated at a information convention.

One of many lifeless was a member of the teams that clashed, and 18 our bodies had been discovered after the hearth Monday night time on the membership in Sorong metropolis.

The conflict Monday on the nightclub adopted a conflict Saturday night time between the identical teams due to a misunderstanding, metropolis police Chief Ary Nyoto Setiawan stated.

“We known as them and mediated them however they continued the conflict till late night time,” Setiawan stated.

He stated police evacuated guests of the nightclub in the course of the conflict, however firefighters later discovered 18 our bodies in one of many rooms contained in the constructing.

Police are nonetheless investigating what triggered the conflict and whether or not the hearth was set or was unintended.