Student stabbed in the rear

Student stabbed in the rear

JAKARTA (JP): An 18-year-old student of a technical high
school in Mangga Besar, West Jakarta, was stabbed in the backside
with a sickle in a student brawl at the Hotel Indonesia traffic
circle in Central Jakarta yesterday afternoon.

The STM 13 student, identified as Sigit Warsono, was rushed by
an officer of Menteng Police subprecinct to the intensive care
unit of Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital with the sickle
protruding from his backside.

A preliminary medical examination showed that the sickle was
stuck in his tailbone and surgery was the only way to remove it.

The police officer, who refused to be named, said the incident
happened after the bus on which Sigit was riding on his way home
from school was attacked by a group from another technical high
school.

Students from STM Kampung Jawa in Salemba, Central Jakarta,
blocked the bus' path and boarded it, forcing passengers to
disembark and flee, he said.

"Sigit also tried to run away. Because the doorway was full,
he tried to get out of the bus through a window," he said.

As soon as he was out the window, several students grabbed him
by the feet, stabbed him and ran away.

The police are still investigating the incident, he said.
(ivy)