Four arrested in gang fight

Four arrested in gang fight

JAKARTA (JP): Four people, two of whom were seriously wounded, were arrested in a pre-dawn fight in Cipinang Cempedak, East Jakarta, yesterday.

According to the head of the crime investigation unit of the East Jakarta police precinct, Maj. Endang Sunjaya, the four were members of two rival gangs.

Police are still searching for 10 other gang members as well as the gun and other weapons used in the brawl on Jl. Kebon Nanas, Endang said.

The four arrested were identified as Roy, Ismail, Oni and Husni, all in their 20s.

All were wounded but only Ismail and Husni were taken to the nearby police hospital due to their serious injuries.

"One of them was shot," Endang said.

The incident started when gang-leader Ismail was attacked on Monday by the gang led by Roy. At around 12:15 p.m. yesterday, Ismail returned, this time with friends carrying weapons.

Eyewitnesses said they heard at least four shots fired during the brawl but police were only able to find one .9 mm cartridge.

"We're still looking for the gun carried by one of the fugitives," Endang said.

In the same area last year, an Army general was stabbed to death by a group of drunken youngsters. (bsr)