Thousands of Indonesians poured into the streets, looting shops, beating shopkeepers, destroying cars and setting fires. As Indonesian society's usually repressed anti-Chinese sentiment was given full vent, Chinese-owned shops and businesses became primary targets for the mobs.
數以千計的印尼民眾湧向街頭，掠奪商店、毆打店主、砸毀汽車、到處放火，在向來潛藏排華意識的印尼社會，華人所經營的商店更是暴民主要攻擊目標。