(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - They also sent a letter to the Sampang Police asking them to withdraw their troops from the village. “It’s too bad that the police must guard a village when there isn’t really a problem,” Ustad Roisul Hukama, a Sunni leader, told Tempo yesterday.
However, Rois said, the agreement was based on the condition that shia leaders; Ustad Tajul Muluk, Ustad Iklil Almilal, Ustad Syaiful Ulum and Ustad Alimullah, leave Nangerkernang.
Sampang Police chief in charge of operations, Comm. Danuri, said the situation had improved in Nangkernang. The leaders have handed numerous weapons to the police. “But we won’t recall our troops yet,” he said.
On 10th April in Sampang , Madura island, East Java, the home of a Shiite cleric was attacked by a mob of more than 100 people. The attackers carried sharp weapons and attempted to enter the cleric’s home but were prevented from doing so by police. No-one was hurt.
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