Scenes from Black Friday

Photo A/B/C: War

JP/IGGP Bayu Ismoyo, JP/IGGP Bayu Ismoyo, JP/Arief Suhardiman

WAR THEATER: Students lie down on the ground to stop soldiers from marching toward Atma Jaya University (left photo). A soldier fires at students at Atma Jaya University as colleagues watch from behind an armored vehicle (photo above). Residents of Palmerah subdistrict started a bonfire during a stone-throwing battle against progovernment civilian volunteers near the MPR building (right photo).

Photo D/E/F: Cover

JP/IGGP Bayu Ismoyo, JP/Saprizal, JP/Arief Suhardiman

TAKING COVER: Passersby pull a civilian volunteer from an angry mob near the Le Meridien Hotel on Jl. Sudirman. The man died later of the wounds (far left photo). A student shows off a cartridge case collected after a clash with soldiers on Jl. Sudirman (left photo). Police hide behind their shields as a crowd pelts them with stones on Jl. Palmerah Timur (photo above).

Photo G/H: Back

JP/IGGP Bayu Ismoyo, JP/IGGP Bayu Ismoyo

TURN BACK: Students and people mount an armored vehicle on Jl. Sudirman to force it to turn back (left photo) from thousands of demonstrators. Defiant students brave the water sprayed from a cannon by police during a pitched battle near Atma Jaya University (photo above).

Photo I/J/K: Control

JP/Mulkan Salmona, JP/Arief Suhardiman, JP/Saprizal

CROWD CONTROL: Security personnel, their gear laid to rest in the foreground, prepare for another operation to stop a march of protesters (left photo). A security officer covers himself with a piece of cloth while colleagues put on masks to protect themselves from the tear gas fired at protesters on Jl. Palmerah Timur (photo above). Local people join marching students at the Matraman flyover (right photo) in Central Jakarta.