Group attacks police at boardinghouse<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): A Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officer was hurt
\nand two motorcycles were destroyed on Friday evening when a group
\nof about 75 men attacked a boardinghouse in Kedung Halang.<\/p>\n
The attack on the boardinghouse rented by Brimob officers was
\nbelieved to be the continuation of a dispute between the officers
\nand members of the 10th\/76 Artillery Battalion in Ciluar which
\nerupted last Sunday.<\/p>\n
An eyewitness said that he saw the men -- all with crewcuts
\nand carrying bayonets, sickles and other sharp weapons -- arrive
\nin four military Land Rovers and run rampage through the
\nboardinghouse belonging to local resident Agus Komara.<\/p>\n
The boardinghouse was occupied by Chief Sgt. Supriadi, First
\nSgt. Syamsulrizal, Second Sgt. Tito, Second Sgt. Erwin and
\nPrawoto, a civilian working for Brimob headquarters.<\/p>\n
\"I didn't know what exactly was happening. I just saw the
\nBrimob officers escape when the group of attackers started their
\naction,\" the eyewitness who spoke on the condition of anonymity
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\"The men assaulted First Sgt. Robert Noven, who was playing
\nthe guitar in Supriadi's room. They beat up Robert.\"<\/p>\n
Robert was rushed to the PMI Hospital in Kedung Halang, before
\nbeing moved to the Kramat Jati Police Hospital in Jakarta on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
Boardinghouse owner Agus said he saw four military vehicles
\nparked near the house when the attack occurred.<\/p>\n
The boardinghouse, located on Jl. Pembangunan Kaum in North
\nBogor district, consists of eight separate units, six of them
\nrented by Brimob officers.<\/p>\n
The house is about two kilometers from Regiment I of Brimob
\nheadquarters.<\/p>\n
\"After destroying the officers' rooms and attacking Robert,
\nthe men burned two motorcycles parked in the complex,\" the
\neyewitness said.<\/p>\n
The motorcycles were later identified as belonging to
\nSyamsulrizal and Supriadi.<\/p>\n
No military police officers arrived to intervene and the
\nincident ended when the men drove off in the vehicles.<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses said they believed the attack was linked to last
\nSunday's clash between Kedung Halang Brimob officers and their
\ncounterparts from the artillery battalion.<\/p>\n
The clash, which left at least one Brimob and one artillery
\npersonnel injured, started with a heated argument between the two
\ngroups at a billiard hall at Jambu Dua Mall.<\/p>\n
Efforts to settle the dispute were made by senior officers
\nfrom both sides. However, no firm deal was reached before
\nFriday's incident. (21\/sur)<\/p>",
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