On 4 December 2002, after a student had been arrested the previous day, rioting students set fire to the house of the Prime Minister Marí Alkatiri and advanced on the police station. The police opened fire and one student was killed, whose body the students carried to the National Parliament building. There they fought the police, set a supermarket on fire and plundered shops. The police opened fire again and four more students were killed. Alkatiri called an inquiry and blamed foreign influence for the violence.
On 4 December 2002 after a student had been arrested the previous day rioting students set fire to the house of the Prime Minister Marí Alkatiri and advanced on the police station The police opened fire and one student was killed whose body the students carried to the National Parliament building There they fought the police set a supermarket on fire and plundered shops The police opened fire again and four more students were killed Alkatiri called an inquiry and blamed foreign influence for the violence