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Police officers in Indonesia. File photoBANGKOK, Jan 25 Nearly 20 people were killed in the city of Sorong in the Indonesian province of West Papua in street clashes between two large groups of local residents and a fire at a karaoke club, which was set on fire by the clashes, reports on Tuesday Indonesian news agency ANTARA. One person died from a knife wound directly at the time of the clash between two groups of local residents totaling more than 300 people, which occurred on Tuesday night, another 17 people died in a fire in a karaoke club set on fire during the clash, the agency reports citing the local police. the rest of the dead were badly burned and cannot be identified by external signs. The police are conducting an investigation, the purpose of which at this stage, to identify the instigators and active participants in the riots and clashes, primarily those responsible for the deaths of people, ANTARA reports. The exact causes of the riots have not yet been clarified, the report says. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reports 19 victims of the riots and fire in Sorong. Previously, the Indonesian information portal VOI reported the death of one person from a knife wound as a result of the riots and «probably dozens of people burned alive in a karaoke club.» jpg» />The number of injured in a fire at an oil refinery in Indonesia has reached 28 people