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