Bundles of traditional firecrackers confiscated by local police in Pekalongan, Central Java, are displayed in April 2022. - Shutterstock/onyengradar
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): A 16-year-old boy died and two others were injured after being beaten by vigilantes for throwing lit firecrackers into a mosque compound while a Quran recital was underway in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, late on Sunday (March 26).
Beringin district police chief Adj Comr Doni Simanjuntak said the three teenagers were riding a motorcycle and had thrown the firecrackers into the mosque compound in Pasar V Kebun Kelapa village at around 11.30pm. Participants in the recital chased down the teenagers, who later crashed.
“The three were then severely beaten,” Doni said on Monday.
Police brought the teenagers to a local hospital for treatment, but one teenager died. The other two were still being treated.
