Student dies of injuries sustained at Semanggi
Student dies of injuries sustained at Semanggi
JAKARTA (JP): One more student has died of wounds received in
the bloody shooting incident at the Semanggi cloverleaf, bringing
the death toll in the violent Black Friday clashes to 13.
Heru Subagyo, 23, of STEI economics college on Jl. Rawamangun
in East Jakarta passed away at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
According to his younger brother Budi, Heru was shot while
carrying a flag during the rally at Semanggi on Friday evening.
"Even though Heru had already fallen to the ground, the troops
continued to beat him with sticks," Budi said.
Heru, who was also a student of the Open University, never
regained consciousness.
As of Sunday, the death toll from the Friday the 13th clashes
was 13, nine of whom died in the Semanggi clash.
The other four victims were volunteer security guards who were
cornered and beaten to death by mobs in the Duren Sawit and
Cawang areas of East Jakarta.
At least two people died on the previous day in a clash below
the toll road at the Slipi intersection. The two confirmed
fatalities were a senior high school student and a member of the
Police Mobile Brigade.
Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (RSCM) said a total of 15
people had died in the week's clashes. They are named below.
1. Sigit Prasetyo, student of YAI accounts college, shot in the
chest at Semanggi.
2. Bernardus R. Norman Irmawan, alias Wawan, student of Atma Jaya
Catholic University, shot in the chest at Semanggi.
3. Teddy Madani, student of the Indonesian Technology Institute
in Serpong, shot in the neck at Semanggi.
4. Muzamil Djoko Purwanto, student of University of Indonesia,
serious head wounds sustained at Semanggi.
5. Abdullah, student of University of Indonesia, serious head
wounds sustained at Semanggi.
6. Unidentified, member of Volunteer Security Unit, killed by a
mob in Duren Sawit.
7. Unidentified, member of Volunteer Security Unit, killed by a
mob in Duren Sawit.
8. Unidentified, member of Volunteer Security Unit, killed by a
mob in Duren Sawit.
9. Unidentified, member of Volunteer Security Unit, killed by a
mob in Cawang.
10. Sulistyanto, student of YAI accountant college, died of
undisclosed injuries sustained at Semanggi.
11. Meiliana, a woman who died of undisclosed injuries.
12. Unidentified, a man who died of undisclosed injuries.
13. Pvt. Prayitno, officer in the Jakarta Police Mobile Brigade,
died in the Slipi toll road clash on Thursday of undisclosed
injuries.
14. Lukman Firdaus, student of SMUN 3 senior high school, serious
head wounds sustained at the Slipi toll road clash on Thursday.
15. Heru Subagyo, student of STEI economic college, gunshot and
head wounds sustained at Semanggi.
The death toll reported by RSCM differed from figures released
by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence
(Kontras), who said that at least 18 people died in the two days
of unrest.
Some names on the Kontras list differed from the list collated
by The Jakarta Post based on information released by RSCM, the
only hospital in the city which is permitted to receive the
bodies' of crime victims.
Kontras included the names of Kristine Niki Julong, Budi,
Budiono, Sidik, Sulaiman Lestaluhu, Wahidin, Doni Effendi and
Sutomo Karya among the dead.
Unfortunately, the group did not specify where their bodies
were being kept. (bsr/jun/aan)