What the records say
- When
- 23 May 1997
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 3.31° S, 114.59° E
- Description
- 1997 riot against Golkar supporters and minorities in Indonesia
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1997 Banjarmasin riot
1997 riot against Golkar supporters and minorities in Indonesia
The Banjarmasin riot of May 1997 took place on May 23, 1997, on the last day of the election campaign for the 1997 Indonesian legislative election. In strongly Islamic Banjarmasin, supporters of the PPP were aggravated by perceived abuses of power by the ruling Golkar party. After Friday prayers, thousands of people attacked supporters heading to a Golkar rally.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A riot in Banjarmasin, Indonesia breaks out, causing at least 137 deaths”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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