At least 18 dead after clash, fire at club in Indonesia's West Papua: police

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SORONG, Indonesia — At least 18 people were killed during clashes between two groups at a club in the town of Sorong in Indonesia’s West Papua province, police said Tuesday, with most dying after the night spot caught fire in the violence.

“The clash broke out last night at 11 pm. It was a prolonged conflict from a clash on Saturday,” Sorong police chief Ary Nyoto Setiawan said in a statement.“We found 17 bodies in Double O, they were all found on the second floor. We have evacuated the bodies to Selebe Solu Hospital,” said Sorong Police’s health division head Edward Panjaitan.“The club was burnt from the first floor.

TV images from local media showed a building blackened by the fire behind a police line and burnt cars.

 

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