Jakarta – Two hardline groups, the Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) and the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) threw stones at each other in Yogyakarta after attending a hearing process at the Yogyakarta District Court on Tuesday.

A TV correspondent was also injured in the fracas, Nuryanto, 33, was rushed to the Bethesda Hospital after being hit on the head by a stone while covering the incident.

The incident took place following the hearing of Bambang Tedy, head of FPI's Yogyakarta branch who was on trial for alleged assault and defamation.

Trouble began when FJI members who had attended the trial mocked FPI members who were outside the court building and rapidly degenerated into stone-throwing, kompas.com reported on Tuesday. (iwa/dic)