JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Thousands of students, truck drivers and laborers rallied across Indonesia on Thursday to protest impending fuel price hikes, some blocking roads with burning tires and throwing stones outside a house belonging to the vice president.
In one incident, police fired warning shots and beat protesters with batons after a rowdy crowd tried to storm a gas station, witnesses said.
The government's decision to cut fuel subsidies that have helped protect Indonesia's poorest from spiraling global prices could result in a 60 percent rise in the price of gasoline, diesel fuel and kerosene when it takes effect Saturday, ministers say.
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