Indonesia - Seiours political rioting in Jakarta

(28 Jul 1996) T/I 10:01:00


Indonesian police were keeping the centre of Jakarta blocked off
on Sunday morning (28/7) as a tense calm gripped the city after
the worst riots in the capital in a quarter of a century.


SHOWS:

27/7 JAKARTA
streets near PDI headquarters in minteng district of central
jakarta large crowds cheering and demonstrating with riot police standing by armoured personnel carriers shooting pepper gas to disperse
demonstrators
riot police and demonstrators at stand-off
police chasing demonstrators
arrested man struck over head
buses on fire in middle of street
night shots
ministry of agriculture building on fire
fires outside banks
riot police on street
soldiers on tank
rioters looting shops

28/7:
daylight aftermath of rioting; traffic flow back to normal

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