Students stabbed at DPR still critical

Students stabbed at DPR still critical

JAKARTA (JP): The two university students stabbed in a
confrontation with police and troops early on Tuesday at the
front gate of the House of Representatives (DPR) complex were
still in a critical condition after more than 24 hours of
treatment.

According to their relatives, the two were still in the
intensive care unit at Atmajaya Hospital in Pluit, North Jakarta,
on Wednesday evening after undergoing emergency surgery.

The two, Muhammad Yanwar Adi, 18, from the Institute of Social
and Political Sciences (IISIP) and Harry Joko, 19, from the
National Institute of Science and Technology (ISTN) were admitted
to the hospital shortly after the incident.

The two are believed to have been stabbed with bayonets during
the clash when security officers evicted the students from the
DPR grounds.

The security officers have yet to disclose who they suspect
carried out the stabbings.

Yanwar's elder sister Rika said on Wednesday that her brother
"was stabbed in the waist which, according to doctors, wounded
his kidneys".

Doctors, she said, had given Yanwar, at least 15 bags of blood
to keep him alive. They have told his family to prepare more
bags.

ISTN rector Ahmad Fuad Ashdal said the institute would help
finance Harry's treatment. (emf)