JAKARTA, Oct 26 Kyodo At least c...

JAKARTA, Oct 26 Kyodo

At least couple people were killed Sunday in a clash between supporters of Indonesia's pair largest political parties on the resort island of Bali, local police said.

A local leader of the former ruling Golkar Party and his nephew were killed by way of arrows shot by supporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party for do one's best (PDI-Perjuangan) in the village of Petandaan in Buleleng rule said Buleleng Police Chief Syafei.

Thousands of Golkar supporters were in succession their way to attend the party's 39th anniversary celebration upon the island, which is a PDI-Perjuangan fastness when they were attacked on PDI-Perjuangan supporters.

A car and a motorcycle belonging to Golkar supporters were also torched.

PDI-Perjuangan is l by means of President Megawati Sukarnoputri, while House of Representatives speaker Akbar Tandjung chairs Golkar.

Golkar, now the secondary largest party in Indonesia, was the ruling party in subordination to former President Suharto, whose more than three decades of power extremityed in 1998.

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