11. Looters and arsonists have been attacking shops mostly owned by ethnic Chinese, claiming the shopkeeprs raised prices of essential goods. 12. On Monday protesters attacked shops in the east Java town of Banyuwangi. 13. Rioters attacked some shops owned by ethnic Chinese shopkeepers and five Chinese families asked for protection at a police station. 14. Rioters responded Monday by rampaging through eastern Harare, looting a bread truck and food stores, attacking other shops with stones and torching a bus in Mabvuku. 15. Some protesters, many of them unemployed, attacked shops, and police moved in to restore order. 16. The protesters attacked shops and burned vehicles while demanding the arrest of the killers. 17. The rioters torched a bus and attacked shops with stones, state radio reported. 18. They also attacked Chinese shops. 19. Hindu mobs attacked Moslem shops and mosques near this tiny western Indian town as communal violence raged on Sunday, leaving four people dead, police and witnesses said. 20. Five shops were attacked in Ciawi, northeast of Tasikmalaya. |