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Rioters burn Chinese shops

Monday 07 September 1998 23:02 BST
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Rioters burn Chinese shops

RIOTING ERUPTED in the town of Kebumen in central Java in Indonesia yesterday, with a mob setting ablaze 20 shops owned by ethnic Chinese. Troops were brought in from nearby towns to try to restore order.

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