35 arrested for brawling

35 arrested for brawling

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): Local police here arrested on
Saturday 35 students from two schools of the Makassar State
University for brawling.

Two students were seriously wounded in the brawl.

Police also seized five guns, eight iron-edged spears, two
machetes, 50 Molotov cocktails, a jerrican of gasoline, two clubs
studded with nails, four catapults and two bows believed to have
been or intended to be used in the fierce brawl.

Makassar Police chief Sr. Supt. Aryanto Boedihardjo said the
brawl between the students from the School of Engineering and the
School of Art and Literature first started on Wednesday for no
clear reason.

"It was broken up. The second fight erupted on Thursday and
continued on Friday night until police pacified them and arrested
35 students," he said.

"They have committed a crime, so we arrested them and seized
the evidence," said Aryanto, adding that the wounded students
were from the School of Engineering. (27/09)