Time Bomb in Sidoarjo
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
War!
AT asar (the third Muslim prayer of the day), the call to arms was heard from the Nurul Huda mosque. The villagers at East Renokenongo were asked to gather at the Surabaya-Gempol toll road, last Wednesday afternoon. Around 100 ran out of their houses, carrying weaponscrowbars, iron rods, wooden bats. War was declared as celebration of the nations independence drew near.
About 100 people rushed to the toll road. There, more then 50 people from
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