Student killed in attack

Student killed in attack

JAKARTA (JP): An 18-year-old STM student was fatally stabbed
in the ribs by a group of 10 students from a rival school in a
street brawl on Jl. Soegiono, East Jakarta, on Saturday.

With tears in his eyes, Toni, the brother-in-law of the
victim, said that Ahmad Yanwar, a student of STM technical senior
high school in Tubun, could have been saved if local residents
had been willing to do something to help the dying youth.

"It's so sad to learn that local residents, who witnessed the
incident, did not immediately call the police or ambulance for
help," he said.

Toni quoted witnesses as saying that Yanwar was waiting for a
bus when the students from the Budi Murni high school surrounded
and suddenly attacked the lone boy.

"Some of them even carried sharp weapons," he said.

Toni insisted that Yanwar was a nice boy and never became
involved in student brawls.

"According to local residents, there was a dispute between
residents living in the area with those same students a few days
ago. But I had no idea about the motives of the students to
attack Yanwar instead," he said.

Toni added that Duren Sawit police subprecinct had managed to
arrest some of the students at the scene. (06)