DENPASAR (Antara): Fire razed at least eight houses in Klungkung regency, Bali when hundreds of people burned them early Wednesday, an official says.
There is no report of casualty.
The incident in Tusan village caused some 125 people to be evacuated from their houses fearing that the mob would burned their houses.
"Not only residents, whose houses were burned, who were evacuated, but also those living in their surroundings," spokesman of Klungkung regental administration Dewa Oka Subawa was quoted by Antara news agency as saying.
According to Toni, the incident was sparked by a dispute between two communities known as Soroh IB and SD. Before the Hindu Day of Silence, three members of Soroh IB passed through the areas of Soroh SD with swords on their hands.
Members of Soroh SD considered it as a threat to the communities and therefore they attacked houses of Soroh IB early Wednesday.
Dewa said more houses could have been burned if police officers would not immediately come to the location. (**)