Tangerang – At least two residents were injured in a clash with police at a protest over a slaughterhouse in Sepatan district on Monday.

Tohir, 20, and Jamal, 23, who suffered head injuries, were taken to the police station for questioning without medical treatment. The police refused to comment.

Zaini, one of the protesters, said the slaughterhouse had recently been used to fatten livestock. "Cow dung has polluted the Mekar Jaya neighborhood... not only the smell, the workers flushed the dung into our waterways," he said.

The slaughterhouse used to be a home industry producing meat balls. "It is unclear how the company got permission from the regency's husbandry and agriculture agency to turn it into a slaughterhouse," Zaini said.