Drivers attack high school

Drivers attack high school

PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): Hundreds of public
transportation drivers entered their second day of strikes
Wednesday and rushed to a high school to seek revenge against a
student who hit a driver.

The student hit a driver on Monday when students and hoodlums
were involved in a brawl with drivers. Police said the brawl
broke out after the drivers ignored students' pleas to stop in
front of their school when they were running late or were soaking
wet from rain. On Tuesday, drivers staged a strike and students
bolted when they learned that bus drivers were heading for their
school.

Several windows of the STM Giripuro technical school, Sumpiuh,
were shattered.

Banyumas Police chief Lt. Col. Agus Yudharto regretted the
incident, saying both parties need each other. On Wednesday, the
strike left thousands of passengers stranded, particularly those
wanting to travel along the Purwokerto-Gombong-Kebumen route. The
school declared a holiday for its 500 students. (45)