Three dead as Indonesian protesters set fire to regional parliament building
Three people died and five were injured in Indonesia after protesters set fire to a regional parliament building, authorities said on Saturday, August 30, as demonstrations pose the first major test to President Prabowo Subianto's government.
The Southeast Asian nation's disaster management agency, in a statement, did not give the causes of the deaths in the Friday, August 29, evening fire in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province.
The Antara news agency said the dead victims allegedly had been trapped in the burning building. The disaster agency said two of the injuries resulted from people jumping out of the building.
Protests began in Indonesia's capital Jakarta this week over lawmakers' pay, escalating on Friday after a police armored vehicle hit and killed the driver of a ride-hailing motorbike.
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