Six students arrested in Makassar

Six students arrested in Makassar

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: The Makassar police have arrested six students and seized molotov cocktails, arrows and machetes in a crackdown on Hasanuddin University students following a brawl that left several students injured and scores of buildings damaged last week.

"We will continue raiding the university and imposing a curfew from 6 a.m. until midnight up until Sept. 16 to prevent further possible clashes among the students," First Insp. Muhamad Amin Umar, deputy chief of the Biringkanaya Police District, told The Jakarta Post on Monday.

Muhamad said the curfew was imposed at the request of the student senate and the university's student representative council.

Earlier, the police seized 12 molotov cocktails, two riffles, dozens of sharp weapons, and dozens of arrows and spears during a raid on the campus last week that followed a brawl which erupted on Aug. 27. --JP