Clash Lampung, 2,000 Army Personnel-Police Still Alert

VIVAnews - Head of the Lampung Police Public Relations, Chief Sulistyaningsih, said the situation in South Lampung has favorable after clashes between two villages, Sunday, October 28, 2012.

"People have come back as usual," he said while talking to VIVAnews Sulis, Monday, October 29, 2012.

Sunday afternoon, October 28, 2012, clashes between residents of the village of Agom, District Kalianda with villagers Balinuraga, Panji District Way, South Lampung. This clash left three people dead. Last night, the two conditions of the two villages is still tense.

Based on data from the Lampung Police, three people killed were bin Marhadan Samsinur (35), Iron Bridge Hamlet, Village of Mount Light, South Kalianda; Jahiya Lalung bin Abdullah (30), a resident of Teak Permai, South Kalianda, and Nazar bin Alwi Solihin (35) Talbot of Hamlet, Village Tajimalela, South Kalianda. In addition, five houses were burned.

Although considered to be conducive, maintenance is still carried out by officers from the Armed Forces and the Police. Lampung Police also bring relief from the Police Mobile Brigade a company of Banten and three companies from Jakarta.

"Total personnel on guard around 2,000 personnel," said Sulis. "We're just so there is no clash aftershocks."

The personnel, Sulis added precaution in some places. "We put on the border of both the village and the hospital where the wounded were treated," he said. (art)