Jakarta – More than 1,000 people went on a rampage today through the capital of West Java to protest a crackdown on illegal street vendors.

Police said vendors and some passers-by smashed the windows of a supermarket and other stores in downtown Bandung, targeting members of Indonesia's ethnic Chinese minority. Small business owners of Chinese descent are often singled out when social unrest flares in some parts of Indonesia.

SCTV television said 400 riot police and army personnel were deployed to quell the rioters. There were no serious injuries reported.

The official Antara news agency said police closed a major shopping street, causing traffic chaos in the city of more than 2 million people 110 miles east of the capital, Jakarta.

Witnesses said police moved in after arguments turned violent among street vendors and local officials who accused them of operating illegally.

On Sunday, more than 100 people fought security forces in two towns on eastern Java Island, wounding two police officers, the Suara Pembaruan newspaper said. The riot started after villagers gathered to burn down buildings believed to house brothels or alcohol shops.

Attacks on targets considered immoral sometimes occur during Ramadan, the Muslim holy fasting month that began here Wednesday. About 90 percent of Indonesia's 202 million people are Muslims.