1.   Ethnic Chinese shopowners, a traditional scapegoat in times of hardship, fled or were in hiding after being targeted by mobs.

2.   Ethnic Chinese shopowners, a traditional scapegoat in times of hardship, fled the city or were in hiding after being targeted by mobs.

3.   In three days of rioting that ended Wednesday, looters in Medan turned on a traditional scapegoat, the Chinese.

4.   Mobs quickly turned on the ethnic Chinese, a traditional scapegoat.

5.   The ethnic Chinese shopowners, a traditional scapegoat in times of hardship, fled the city or were in hiding after being targeted by mobs.