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More Communal Violence Hits Lampung SP/Noverisman Subing | November 09, 2012 Indonesian soldiers take pictures of burning houses as they stand guard after clashes at Balinuraga village, South Lampung regency in Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, on October 29, 2012. (Reuters Photo) Though memories of the communal violence that left 14 dead almost two weeks ago are still fresh in people's minds, police said on Friday that new clashes erupted between two villages in Central Lampung. According to police, 12 houses were burned, but no injuries have been reported yet. The confrontation on Thursday pitted residents of Kesumadadi village in the Bekri subdistrict against people from Buyut Udik in the neighboring subdistrict of Gunung Sugih. The conflict was allegedly ignited by a cow theft that took place in Kesumadadi on Oct 18, Herry Setyawan, the head of the Central Lampung district police, said. Authorities took no chances. The district deputy chief, Mustofa, immediately ordered the evacuation of women, the elderly and children from the villages involved in the conflict, while joint forces of police and military units were deployed in the area. Police suspect the violence was a follow up to the Oct. 18 incident in which Khairil Anwar, a 29-year-old resident of Buyut Udik was caught allegedly trying to steal cows in Kesumadadi. An angry mob proceeded to kill him and set him on fire. Herry said that Khairil was discovered running through a rice field behind the house of someone who had just discovered that his three cows were missing from their stall. On Thursday afternoon, hundreds of people from Buyut Udik, armed with an assortment of knives and machetes, suddenly attacked Kesumadadi, causing chaos and a traffic congestion on the main highway passing the area A tight security presence in the area has prevented the violence from spreading. >From Oct. 27 to Oct. 29, several villages located in the Kalianda subdistrict >attacked the predominately Balinese settlement of Balinuraga because of a >trivial traffic accident, according to police. Fourteen people died while >scores of houses were burne [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
