Student brawl injures passers-by

Student brawl injures passers-by

JAKARTA (JP): At least five passers-by were injured yesterday
when about 100 students from two senior technical high schools
brawled in front of a shopping center on Jl. KH. Hasyim Ashari,
in Central Jakarta.

The students threw stones smashing the windshields of four
Kijang vans and a public bus, Sgt. Suwarsono of the Central
Jakarta Police precinct said.

"We can't catch the students because they have already run
away," Suwarsono said.

He said the students were from a technical senior high school
on Jl. Budi Utomo, Central Jakarta and a technical senior high
school in downtown Kota, West Jakarta.

The five passers-by suffered head and hand injuries.

In September, three students were killed in separate student
brawls in the city. Police arrested three students involved in
one of the killings. The other two killings remain unsolved.

At least 15 students have died in brawls this year. (jun)