Mapanyukki: Riots and attacks against police in resistance to land eviction (Indonesia)

325 receives and transmits:

… Yesterday when I was cooking, me and subcommandante ***** heard about some eviction quite near to Pandan Raya, in Mapanyukki. We heard in the radio that two of the police were severely injured by molotov cocktails and we rushed to the place. But by the time we get there its all tear gas and the confrontation have calmed down, but you can see how the police forces were very large, including some military trucks, it was a full force eviction. But the occupants fought very hard too. The little boys fights with arrows, molotov cocktails, the women, rocks, but the tear gas easily dispersed them. I can still feel the pain in my eyes as we passed through the former battleground. This eviction grew unease to the comrades because its like signal for Pandan Raya as the next target. …

Tags: Eviction, Indonesia, Mapanyukki, Molotovs, Padang Raya, Riots

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 at 8:09 pm and is filed under Direct Action.