Jakarta – A clash broke out between members of the Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) and residents living around the Pasar Gembrong toy market in East Jakarta on Saturday afternoon.
According to Imam, a 33-year-old who lives in the area, the run-in was triggered by 10 FBR members who previously assaulted a person wearing Pemuda Pancasila (PP) nationalist clothing and attempted to damage stores in the market.
"They stopped their motorcycles in the middle of the road, approached a man wearing a PP T-shirt, and started to punch him," said Imam as quoted by tribunnews.com, adding that the FBR members also attacked women and threw motorcycle helmets off bikes part in front of Pasar Gembrong.
Local residents fought back before setting one of the FBR member's motorcycles on fire, Imam added.
The East Jakarta Police has questioned six FBR members and two local residents in a bid to look for the provocateur behind the incident.
The brawl took place after a fire razed dozens of stores in Pasar Gembrong on Aug. 5. Following the fire, several people looted some of the stores there.