TNI children involved in brawls

TNI children involved in brawls

JAKARTA: Two groups of youngsters from the Jakarta Military
Command and the Army Strategic Reserves Command housing complexes
were involved in a two-round brawl early on Sunday, on Jl. Sultan
Iskandar Muda, South Jakarta.

No fatalities were reported, while the injured suffered only
light wounds.

The brawl started at around 4 a.m. after the sahur (predawn
meal) when the youths from both groups, whose complexes were
divided only by a road, started street races.

They mocked each other, which led to a brawl and stone-
throwing incident.

Dozens of police from Kebayoran Lama police subprecinct were
deployed to separate the groups, but the brawl recurred at 7 a.m.
after the police had withdrawn.

Both groups used sharp weapons and Molotov cocktails in
attacking each other.

Kebayoran Lama chief of detectives First Insp. Bambang Purnomo
promised that such brawl would not happen again, claiming that he
had approached leading figures from both complexes to stop the
violence.

"None of those involved in the brawls have been detained," he
said. -- JP