The police post in the Simpanglima area, Semarang City, was also damaged by the masses involved in clashes with the police after holding an action at the Central Java Police Headquarters, Friday night.

The Head of Public Relations of the Central Java Police, Kombes Artanto, said that the burning of the Simpanglima police post was part of a series of incidents of anarchist mass clashes with police along Jalan Pahlawan Semarang.

The anarchist mob, he continued, also burned and damaged a number of cars in the courtyard of the Central Java Governor's Office.

From this anarchist act, he said, nine perpetrators were arrested by the Semarang Police.

The perpetrators who were arrested, he continued, were related to the destruction of public facilities, throwing officers, and the perpetrators of burning cars in the governor's office yard.

Previously, the mass action in front of the Central Java Police Headquarters on Jalan Pahlawan Semarang, Friday afternoon, ended in chaos.

The crowd threw stones at the officers using Molotov cocktails, stones, and bottles of mineral water.

Officers dispersed the masses using water cannons and tear gas shots.

The crowd that pushed in through the back door of the Central Java Governor's office also carried out destruction.

A number of cars and motorbikes parked in the backyard of the governor's office were burned and damaged by the masses.


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