Three shot in Makassar clash between students<\/p>\n
Andi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post\/Makassar<\/p>\n
A third serious brawl in two months involving university students
\nin Makassar turned considerably more violent, after three people
\nsuffered gunshot wounds following the latest clash early on
\nMonday.<\/p>\n
Rizal, Khaeruddin and Ardi from the School of Letters at the
\nState University of Makassar (UNM) in the Parangtambung area were
\nshot during a clash with students from the School of Engineering.<\/p>\n
Rizal was shot in his right thigh, Khaeruddin in his right arm
\nand Ardi in lower back. Witnesses said the shooters were armed
\nwith home-made rifles.<\/p>\n
The three are now being treated at the Bhayangkara Police
\nhospital, while the police are looking for the students who fired
\nthe weapons as well as investigating the clash as a whole, the
\nthird since early in July.<\/p>\n
A company of 60 police personnel were sent to the campus to
\nconduct patrols and search for weapons among the students. Nobody
\nhas been arrested or formally questioned yet.<\/p>\n
All academic activities, including pre-registration of new
\nstudents and payment of tuition fees, continued later on Monday
\ndespite the violence.<\/p>\n
Rizal said at least 50 students from the School of Engineering
\nsuddenly attacked him and a number of his colleagues at the
\nSchool of Letters who were gathered inside the school's main
\noffice on campus around 1 a.m. on Monday. It remains unclear as
\nto what motivated the midnight raid.<\/p>\n
\"They had guns, sharp weapons, sticks and stones. We tried to
\nfight back. When some of them threatened to burn our office
\nbuilding, I went out to chase them away. But as I went outside
\none of them shot me,\" Rizal recounted.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, top university officials met with officials from
\nthe School of Engineering, School of Letters and School of
\nMathematics and Natural Sciences to prevent the ongoing feud from
\nescalating.<\/p>\n
UNM deputy rector Abdul Gani said the university leaders had
\ngiven the police full access to conduct investigations into those
\ninvolved in the attack.<\/p>\n
\"Besides the police search, we are now looking for the
\nstudents ourselves. Any student who is proven to have used a gun
\nin the incident will be dismissed,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Clashes pitting university students against are a common
\noccurrence in the city and around the country.<\/p>\n
On July 12, at least five people suffered severe stab wounds
\nand two buildings were burned down after two rival groups from
\nthe Indonesian Muslim University clashed over an initiation
\nprogram for freshmen. The students were armed with swords and
\narrows during the fight.<\/p>\n
A week before, the Makassar police arrested six students and
\nseized molotov cocktails, arrows and machetes in a crackdown on
\nHasanuddin University students following a brawl that left
\nseveral students injured and scores of buildings damaged.<\/p>",
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