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Residents outraged by attack ~rir OKA, Que. (CP) - Residents of this town are outr;iged that their sleepy community has be- come a battleground between Mohawks and Quebec provincial police over an extension to a golf course. "I've spent my life here in Oka living peacefully with the Mo- hawks," said Monique Giroux, a petite 24-year-old. "We never had a problem here before but after this stupid attack, asked for by Mayor (Jean) Ouellette, our relations will never be the same. Ouellette has destroyed our lives _~ere." One man standing in the street shouted: "All this insanity for nine more holes of golf." When the 3,000 residents woke up on Wednesday morning, they thought life was reasonably normal. A group of Mohawks was still sitting behind the barricade they built three months ago, half a kilometre northwest of the town, -to protect land they claim is theirs and the town has slated ---1 for a bigger golf course. But just after 5:30 am. police moved in. Shots were heard shortly after and tear gas was launched by police. At 9 a.m. the police attacked the barricade - and hundreds of rounds were fired from both sides. The residents of Oka, about 30 -kilometres west of Montreal, watched the 100-member police assault force come rushing back , down toward the town in retreat, as the wind carried tear gas back to the police ranks. Hundreds of. worried resi- . dents who had rushed from their homes stood and watched the Mohawks build another barri- cade - this one fashioned from abandoned police vehicles - on a hill just a hundred metres north of their town. Roger Van den Hende, 80, has lived in Oka for more than 20 years and is married to a Mo- hawk woman. He was outraged over the actions of the police and the town politicians.