What happened during the riots(Daniel)

There was another hearing on the 11th of December.This time round, early morning, crowds carrying banners and flags with star and crescent symbols began to gather around the Supreme Court and till noon,the number was around 2000~3000 and the appeal was being threw out in five minutes time it had convinced the gathering that the colonial legal system was biased against Muslims and riots started.... Those malay or Indonesians Muslims and local Chinese would attack any Europeans and even Eurasians they could spot anywhere.They too,overturn and burned cars.Police were not very effective in this riot as its lower ranks largely consisted of Malays who sympathized with the rioters' cause.The riots spreaded quickly and by nightfall almost the whole island was affected by it even the remote areas.The British and various Muslim leaders also then help to ceased the riot.When the British reinforcements arrived on the 12th December,the rioters' were still in action and they could only control the situation by noon on the next day.The Maria Hertogh riots had caused a total of 18 people killed, among whom were seven Europeans or Eurasians, two police officers, and nine rioters shot by the police or military, 173 were injured, many of them seriously, 119 vehicles were damaged, and at least two buildings were set on fire,and also two weeks of 24hours curfew.Below is a video about the Maria Hertogh riots from www.youtube.com