More than 500 people killed in Indonesia during fast-breaking festival

By Xinhua,

Jakarta : More than 500 people were killed in Indonesia during Muslim’s fast-breaking festival, official news agency Antara reported on Tuesday.


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“As many as 702 were badly injured, while the number of those suffering from light injuries is 1,162,” said National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Abubakar Nataprawira, quoting police’s log between Sept. 25 and Oct. 10.

Abubakar added that the accidents caused a total loss of 3.9 billion Rupiahs (about 407,000 U.S. dollars).

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