Police Arrest 3 Students Of Brawl Who Went Viral On Social Media

Photo (Rizky Sulistio VOI)

JAKARTA - A joint team from the West Jakarta Metro Police and the Kalideres Police have succeeded in ambushing the perpetrators of a brawl that occurred in a housing complex and will slash security during a brawl. The perpetrators were arrested after a video of the incident went viral on social media.

In the viral video recording, the student's action occurred while they were on the road carrying a knife and brandishing a sharp weapon in the form of a sickle. One of the perpetrators was also recorded to be slashing a security guard who tried to reduce the brawl.

"We secured them shortly after we received information about the disturbing actions of the students," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the West Jakarta Metro Police, Kompol Andri Kurniawan in an official statement received by VOI, Sunday, November 12.

Kompol Andri explained that his members together with members of the Kalideres Police moved quickly to secure the students involved. There were 3 students who were arrested by the police after the incident.

"We have secured three people and we have named one person as a suspect who brought a knife, namely the initials DA (16)," he said.

As a result of his actions, the suspect DA was charged with Article 2 of the Emergency Law No. 12 of 1951 concerning sharp weapons. The police also secured evidence of 4 knife types and 1 sharp blunt object in the form of a golf stick.

As is known, the students were previously caught on amateur cameras from a car driver around Citra Housing, Pegadungan, Kalideres, West Jakarta.

The perpetrators were caught running and were about to stab a security guard who broke up the brawl using a sickle