Two students held for killing mate

Two students held for killing mate

Police have arrested two students of a private academy for their alleged role in Wednesday's murder of a friend at their campus in East Jakarta.

"The Matraman police are still questioning another student, who -- according to several witnesses -- also attacked the victim," said Lt. Col. A. Latief Rabar, a spokesman for City Police, told reporters yesterday.

The victim is identified as Cakra Kumara, 23, a final-year student of a private academy on Jl. Matraman Raya, East Jakarta.

The victim died on the way to hospital, which is located two blocks from the campus.

The postmortem report from the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital said that a serious head injury and a single stab to the back was the cause of death.

Latief quoted eyewitnesses as saying that a group of students attacked Cakra, who was only waiting for graduation day, on Wednesday evening when the campus was holding the closing ceremony for the so-called orientation program for new students. (bsr)