A mob has attacked and ransacked a police post in Indonesia. The incident happened in Palimanan, in West Java, a day after a policeman allegedly shot dead a bus driver following a traffic accident. The company's bus drivers went on strike today to protest the shooting.

The mob, arriving in three buses, swiftly ransaked the police post, burning the contents of the office on the highway in front of the building. Police have arrested two of the assailants.

The head of the local police subdistrict has been dismissed and is under investigation by military police.