JAKARTA, Jan 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – Nineteen people were found dead in a nightclub, which caught fire, following a clash between two community groups, in Sorong city of Indonesia’s West Papua province earlier today, a police spokesman said.
Provincial Police Spokesman, Senior Commissioner Adam Erwindi said, the clash started at midnight in the Double O Executive Karaoke & Club, killing one person, and then the clash continued before the building caught fire.
“After the clash, it was found that there were 18 other bodies inside the building. So the total casualty is 19 people,” the police officer told local Metro TV, in a live broadcast, adding, several others were wounded.
The television footage showed several cars were burned outside the nightclub.– NNN-ANTARA
