ABC AUSTRALIA, 25/03/2003 02:16:44
Police rescue westerners from youths in Jakarta
In Indonesia, ten members of an Islamic youth group have been arrested, after trying
to attack westerners after an anti-war rally in Jakarta.
Indonesia correspondent Tim Palmer reports the men were arrested after surrounding
a group of foreigners in a car:
"The 10 members of the Islamic youth movement went from a demonstration outside
the US consulate to Jakarta's main backpacker area looking for foreigners. They then
moved to branches of the Sizzler and MacDonalds restaurant chains, brandishing
sticks before attempting to drag three foreigners out of a taxi. Police arrested the 10.
It's the first sign of so called 'sweeping operations' called for by radical groups in
reprisal for the war in Iraq."
25/03/2003 02:16:44 | ABC Radio Australia News
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