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Illegal miners shot by police, hospitalized

Jakarta Post - March 31, 2016

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Palu – Twenty-one illegal gold miners are receiving hospital treatment after a clash with hundreds of police officers and forest rangers near Lore Lindu National Park in Poso regency, Central Sulawesi.

The 21 miners are being treated at Tora Belo Hospital in Sigi and Bhayangkara Police Hospital in Palu and were among thousands of miners and residents who made a convoy to Palu on Tuesday to protest a government plan to stop illegal mining activities in the park.

"Ten people suffered wounds from rubber bullets and are being treated at Bhayangkara hospital," Central Sulawesi Police deputy chief Sr. Comr. Leo Bana Lubis said. Hospital records show that at least 21 people suffered shot wounds.

At least 95 protesters were arrested after the clash. A police truck was destroyed during the clash while hundreds of miners' kiosks along road leading to the mining site were torn down and the debris burned.

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/03/31/islands-focus-illegal-miners-shot-police-hospitalized.html.