Mob attacks police house in Poso
National News - October 26, 2006
The Jakarta Post, Poso, Jakarta

New violence flared up in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on Wednesday when a mob of villagers ransacked a house rented by policemen after a villager was shot by security forces Sunday night.
On Tuesday, angry residents burned down a police post. Nobody was reported injured in either attack.
Muslim leaders had earlier demanded police withdraw their 3,000-strong force from the town, accusing them of bias and sparking sectarian violence in the area.
The house attacked in Lawangan subdistrict Wednesday was believed to have been occupied by four provincial police intelligence agents. They were absent at the time of the incident.
The mob of about 50 people forced their way into the house, carried the officers' clothes and laptop computers into the backyard and burned them.
Police said the incidents were likely acts of revenge following the death of a civilian, who was shot during a Sunday-night police raid on a house of suspected militants.
National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam told The Jakarta Post the latest violence involved provocateurs "who want the situation in Poso to stay unstable".
Police were searching for members of the mob, who had "carried various types of fire arms and home-made bombs", Anton said.
He said the perpetrators could face up to six years in prison for vandalism and theft.
The Associated Press quoted National Police chief Gen. Sutanto saying police were needed in the area to maintain order.
All security officers staying in private residences have been relocated to police barracks.
Late Sunday night, "some perpetrators tried to shoot several police members who were about to conduct a search for weapons and ammunition," Anton said.
Brig. Purwanto received head injuries after being pelted with rocks. The resulting shootout left one man dead and a toddler wounded.
Poso, a town that has a roughly equal numbers of Christians and Muslims, has witnessed at least 1,000 deaths from violence since 1998.