Police release five for school violence<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): East Jakarta Police released on Sunday all five
\npeople believed to have triggered a violent clash on Saturday
\nbetween high school students and Ciracas police in which three
\nofficers, a civilian security guard and six students were
\ninjured.<\/p>\n
Contacted by phone, City Police spokesman Supt. Muhammad Nur
\nUsman said the decision to temporarily free the five was due to
\ninadequate evidence and witnesses.<\/p>\n
\"There is no evidence so far that proves their roles in the
\nclash, so we let them go free,\" Nur explained, saying the five
\nare a school alumnus, his mother, two friends and another
\nunidentified person.<\/p>\n
The incident also left two cars and two motorcycles -- all
\nbelonging to the Ciracas Police subprecinct badly damaged by the
\nangry students from the PB Sudirman Islamic High School.<\/p>\n
According to Nur, the police have not yet arrested any of the
\nstudents, explaining that officers were still investigating.<\/p>\n
The clash erupted when the school alumnus, identified only as
\nFarid, a grandson of the school's founder, arrived at the school
\nwith two friends and began banging on classroom doors.<\/p>\n
The school complex is home to hundreds of students of PB
\nSudirman junior, senior and vocational high schools.<\/p>\n
Witnesses told Kompas that the three challenged students to
\nleave the classrooms and fight with them. Farid and his
\naccomplices have been known to visit the school to bully the
\nstudents.<\/p>\n
Some of the upset students left their classrooms and taught
\nthe three intruders a lesson.<\/p>\n
The fighting was stopped by teachers, who detained the three
\nmen at the school's administration building.<\/p>\n
Minutes later, Farid's mother, accompanied by another man,
\narrived at the school, making the situation even more tense.<\/p>\n
The students ran amok and struggled to break into the room,
\ndemanding that the teachers hand over the five people.<\/p>\n
The school principal and teachers attempted to calm the
\nstudents but failed. The worsening situation forced the principal
\nto telephone local police.<\/p>\n
The police failed to calm the students, who attacked some of
\nthe law enforcers and set their vehicles on fire.<\/p>\n
In an effort to control the situation, some police personnel
\nthen fired warning shots to disperse the violent students.<\/p>\n
Second Insp. Trisna got 19 stitches to his forehead after a
\nbench, thrown from the second floor by an unidentified student,
\nstruck his head. Two other officers suffered wounds to their
\nheads after being struck by bricks thrown by the students. A
\ncivilian guard received nine stitches in the back of his head.<\/p>\n
Spokesman Nur said that all of the injured officers left the
\nhospital on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Deputy principal of the PB Sudirman Senior High School,
\nSamsudin, said some of the students were also injured, including
\nbeing shot by rubber bullets.<\/p>\n
But his remarks could not be proven as sources at the nearby
\nPasar Rebo Hospital could only confirm having treated six
\nstudents, all with slight wounds believed to have been caused by
\nrocks. (09)<\/p>",
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