University students hurt in brawl

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

As many as 36 university students were injured in a brawl between around 100 students of the Christian University of Indonesia (UKI) and YAI Persada Indonesia University on Jl. Diponegoro on Tuesday.

Bahrul, a pedestrian, was also injured when a stone hit his head.

Witnesses said the brawl started at about 1:30 p.m. when some unidentified students threw stones at another group of students after both sides mocked each other.

The brawl lasted for an hour, prompting the police to close the street and reroute the traffic to Jl. Proklamasi. The brawl worsened traffic congestion in the area.

Central Jakarta Police station deployed its officers to disperse the students and reported that 11 UKI students and 25 YAI students were injured, mostly from head wounds.

The injured were sent to Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital and Saint Carolus Hospital for treatment.

The students did not only throw stones at one another. They also took cigarettes, candies and bottled drinking water from street vendors without paying.

"No one paid for those," Adang, a cigarette vendors, said as quoted by www.detik.com news portal.

Last October, students from the two universities were also involved in a brawl that injured 15.

However, after the brawl UKI students held a press briefing promising that the would end violence between UKI and other universities. They said they would invite students from nearby universities to promote peace.

But only two days after the pledge, another brawl broke out, injuring 10 students. The clash also damaged two cars that were parked nearby.