Three injured in jail brawl

Three injured in jail brawl

JAKARTA (ANTARA): Three Cipinang prison inmates were injured
in a brawl between two rival groups on Wednesday, two days after
police conducted an intensive cell-to-cell search for weapons and
dangerous objects inside the state penitentiary.

The injured prisoners were being treated at Kramatjati Police
Hospital, said Jatinegara Police chief commissioner Supardi.

Faisal, one of the prisoners hospitalized, suffered head
injuries, while the other two prisoners, Alfian and Yusuf, were
injured in the shoulder and arm respectively.

Supardi said the situation at the prison was under control but
the police had to fire warning shots and tear gas to restore
order.

He said the brawl proved that a number of prisoners still had
access to sharp weapons in spite of the search of inmates' cells
on Monday.

"It seems the search was not done thoroughly enough," he said.

Monday's weapon search was conducted after two Jakarta Stock
Exchange (JSX) bombing suspects escaped from the prison last
Friday, taking with them a pistol and two hand grenades. One of
the two escapees was eventually recaptured and confessed to
police that the firearms had been sent to them by an accomplice
outside the prison.