Police attacked over student's death<\/p>\n
MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Around 500 people, including
\nstudents from numerous universities and motorcycle taxi drivers,
\nin West Nusa Tenggara staged a violent demonstration on Wednesday
\nto demand a probe into the death of a student.<\/p>\n
Mustakim, a first year student at Sumbawa University, died on
\nTuesday evening after being taken by police officers from the
\nhospital, where he had been treated for light injuries sustained
\nin a traffic accident.<\/p>\n
Sources at the hospital said at least six police officers
\ndragged the victim out of the hospital on Tuesday afternoon, beat
\nand threw him into a patrol car.<\/p>\n
Hours later, the police return Mustakim to the hospital but he
\nwas already dead, they said.<\/p>\n
Mustakim's relative Husain said the deceased's body was
\ncovered in wounds when handed over to his bereaved family.<\/p>\n
The protest turned violent after the Sumbawa Police claimed
\nMustakim had died from a drug overdose.<\/p>\n
The angry demonstrators stoned the Sumbawa Police station and
\ndamaged a police post. They also beat two police officers who
\ntried to mingle with the crowd. --JP<\/p>",
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