Viral Youth Brawl At Simpang Mambo Tanjung Priok, Runs Away, Leaving Sajam When The Police Come

Illustration - 20 teenagers about to brawl are secured at the Depok Police/ Photo: @infodepok_id

JAKARTA - An amateur video of a brawl between teenagers at the turn of the early 2022 is viral. The brawl that occurred at the fork in the Mambo intersection area, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta was uploaded to the Instagram account @jktinformation. The brawl occurred in the early hours of Saturday, January 1st.

In the amateur video, a group of teenagers can be seen snuggling in the middle of a busy road traversed by four-wheeled vehicles and container trucks. They scattered across the street shouting.

North Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Guruh Arif Darmawan confirmed the existence of a brawl between teenagers that occurred in his area. The incident occurred in the middle of the night around 24.00 WIB.

"Last night, they were disbanded, and then they ran away, leaving all their weapons behind. Yes (the incident) just before the new year. But when we arrived they disbanded, then they left their weapons," said Guruh Arif Darmawan when confirmed, Saturday, January 1.

The evidence confiscated were nine sharp weapons (sajams) belonging to the brawlers who were left behind.

"(the perpetrators) But all of them dispersed and ran away, the one in Mambo. Meanwhile, the perpetrators have not been (arrested). (The perpetrators) Yes, we are still looking for them," he said.

Until now, the case of the viral video brawl is still being handled by the North Jakarta Metro Police Criminal Investigation Unit. Case under investigation.