Students fight pitched battle

Students fight pitched battle

JAKARTA: For the third time this month, students from the
Christian University of Indonesia (UKI) and YAI Persada
University fought a pitched street battle near their campuses in
Central Jakarta on Tuesday.

Students from both universities began throwing stones at
each other on Jl. Diponegoro at about 3:30 p.m. Some students
reportedly suffered from head wounds. The reason for the
altercation was not known.

Central Jakarta Police officers came to the scene shortly
after and separated the two groups.

Some UKI students ran away from police into the nearby Kampung
Talang residential area but local youths shooed them away with
knives and stones, a witness said.

The police closed the road for several hours after the
confrontation. -- JP