Residents of the city woke up to disheartening news in the media . The Stardand Newspaper carried the saddening , cacophonous events in its panheadline . It reported :
" In what appears to have taken us back to the era of barbarianism , a number of businessmen are counting insurmountable losses after suspected arsonists razed down their premises last night . While it is not clear about what might have precipitated such ugly incidents , it is believed that the affected enterprises might have reneged on some illegal arrangements with some cartel that allegedly charges what has been dubbed as ' protection fee' .
While a number of suspects were arrested and taken to police custody at midnight , a dozen of lawyers representing Mr. Dim , the Mafia Lord , stormed the police station demanding
