Student arrested for stabbing

Student arrested for stabbing

TANGERANG (JP): Local police arrested a 16-year-old senior
high school student for allegedly stabbing to death a student
from another school during a street brawl on Thursday, an officer
said.

The head of the Tangerang Police detectives unit, Capt.
Krisnandi, announced here on Friday that Didi was arrested on
suspicion of stabbing to death Andi Purnama Sidi, also 16, of
SMKN I Cikupa vocational school. The stabbing allegedly occurred
during a midday brawl between students from SMKN I and SMUN I
senior high schools in front of the Citra Raya housing complex in
Cikupa.

"We apprehended Didi on Thursday evening based on testimony
from five students we arrested immediately after the brawl," he
said.

The officer, however, refused to disclose which school Didi
attended, saying such information could spark a revenge attack
from Andi's classmates.

According to students involved in the brawl on Thursday, in
which another student was also injured, the fight was ignited by
an incident the previous day, when a number of SMKN I students
who were on their way home had their way blocked by students from
SMUN I.

A group of SMKN I students then planned to retaliate against
the SMUN I students, confronting the latter in front of the
entrance gate to the Citra Raya housing complex.

Both school principals, Sudirja of SMKN I and Dedy Sutyono of
SMUN I, said they knew nothing about the causes of the brawl.

They said a dispute between students from the two schools
occurred two months ago but was peacefully settled.

Both schools are run by the state.

Krisnandi said his men were still trying to locate the knife
allegedly used by Didi.(41/bsr)