Nationwide demonstrations erupted after footage showed a motorcycle taxi driver being run over by a police tactical vehicle during earlier rallies over low wages and perceived lavish perks for lawmakers. Major cities including Jakarta saw large protests, with crowds targeting police units blamed for the driver's death. In Makassar, protests outside provincial and city council buildings turned violent as protesters hurled rocks and molotov cocktails, setting buildings and vehicles on fire. A fire at the Makassar city council building trapped and killed three people, including two council staff and one civil servant. At least four people were injured and treated in hospital.
At least three people were killed by a fire started by protesters at a council building in the Indonesian city of Makassar, after demonstrations broke out across the country over the death of a motorcycle taxi driver hit by a police vehicle. Major cities in Indonesia, including the capital Jakarta on Friday, have been rocked by protests after footage spread of a gig motorcycle driver being run over by a police tactical vehicle during earlier rallies over low wages and perceived lavish perks for lawmakers.
Protests in Makassar, in eastern Indonesia, descended into chaos outside the provincial and local city council buildings, both set on fire and vehicles set ablaze as protesters hurled rocks and molotov cocktails. Three people were killed as a result of the fire at the Makassar city council building, its secretary, Rahmat Mappatoba, told AFP. They were trapped in the burning building, he said, accusing protesters of storming the office to set the building on fire.
This is beyond our prediction. Usually during a demonstration, protesters only threw rocks or burn a tyre in front of the office. They never stormed into the building or burned it. Two of the victims were staff at the local council and another was a civil servant. Two died at the scene while one died in hospital. At least four people were injured in the fire and are being treated in hospital, the official said.
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