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At least nine people have been killed and 14 injured in rioting with police in Papua’s Wamena town, Indonesia.
More than 200 security personnel, including police and the military, have then been deployed to contain the situation, police said on Friday.
The police spokesperson Ignatius Benny Ady Prabowo said that the riot started after locals, angered by rumours of a child kidnapping, started throwing rocks at Wamena police station where a man was detained over an alleged abduction.
As tension flared over the rumour, police summoned the parents to clarify that their child was safe and not kidnapped.
But the reassurance failed to stem public anger and more buildings were set ablaze in the area.
Papua is Indonesia’s poorest region, despite its wealth of natural resources.
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