At least three people were killed and four were injured in the city of Makassar, eastern Indonesia, when protesters set a regional council building on fire, a local official told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
“Two people died on the spot and one passed away at the hospital. They were trapped in the burning building,” Rahmat Mapatoba, the city council secretary in Makassar, the largest city on the island of Sulawesi, told AFP. He recounted that protesters broke into the offices and set them on fire amid a wave of protests in various Indonesian cities following the death of a motorcycle taxi driver who was hit by a police patrol car. In the capital, Jakarta, hundreds of protesters clashed with police, who used tear gas to disperse the angry crowd.
