Five injured in Kali Jodo clash

JAKARTA: Five people were wounded, mostly by arrows and machetes, during a brawl between two groups of residents from the former red-light district, Kali Jodo, Jembatan Dua, Tambora district, West Jakarta, early on Sunday.

Two victims, Andri Rusli, 51, and Muhajirin, 24, suffered serious injuries. Andri was injured in the head and right ear, while Muhajirin suffered stab wounds to the right side of his waist, forehead and temple.

Three other victims, Sukri, 41, Yusuf, 21, and Agus Abdul Rohman, 30, suffered minor injuries. All victims were residents of Kali Jodo and its surroundings.

Andri, Sukri and Yusuf were taken to Sumber Waras Hospital, West Jakarta, while Muhajirin and Agus Abdul Rohman were treated at Atmajaya Hospital.

A nurse at Sumber Waras Hospital said Andri was still being treated at the hospital's intensive care unit as an arrow had penetrated his right ear. He had been taken to the hospital with severe bleeding from the wound.

Other injury victims went home after being treated at the hospitals.

Police allege the cause of the fight after the sahur (predawn meal) was simply a misunderstanding between the two groups. -- JP

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TNI children involved in brawls

JAKARTA: Two groups of youngsters from the Jakarta Military Command and the Army Strategic Reserves Command housing complexes were involved in a two-round brawl early on Sunday, on Jl. Sultan Iskandar Muda, South Jakarta.

No fatalities were reported, while the injured suffered only light wounds.

The brawl started at around 4 a.m. after the sahur (predawn meal) when the youths from both groups, whose complexes were divided only by a road, started street races.

They mocked each other, which led to a brawl and stone- throwing incident.

Dozens of police from Kebayoran Lama police subprecinct were deployed to separate the groups, but the brawl recurred at 7 a.m. after the police had withdrawn.

Both groups used sharp weapons and Molotov cocktails in attacking each other.

Kebayoran Lama chief of detectives First Insp. Bambang Purnomo promised that such brawl would not happen again, claiming that he had approached leading figures from both complexes to stop the violence.

"None of those involved in the brawls have been detained," he said. -- JP