Scores of members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), a fringe extremist group, ambushed a religious tolerance rally and attacked participants at the National Monument on Sunday (1/6).
Around 200 FPI members ran amok amid a rally held by the National Alliance for Freedom of Religion and Faith (AKKBB), whose participants mainly consisted of women and children.<>
One police officer was attacked as the mob chanted anti-Ahmadiyah slogans and chased after AKKBB members.
Several supporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), who were commemorating National Awakening Day nearby, managed to disperse the crowd before the arrival of security personnel.
Senior journalist and AKKBB member Goenawan Muhamad said he would report the FPI to the authorities for the attack.
"This marks the first time in history that people commemorating Pancasila Day have faced such an attack," he told reporters shortly after the rally. (jp/dar)
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