Police Headquarters Participates In Investigating Motorized Gang Of Ciracas Police Attack

East Jakarta Ciracas Police Station guarded after the motorized group attack (Antara Photos)

JAKARTA - The National Police Headquarters is assisting the ranks of Polda Metro Jaya to investigate the perpetrators of the attack on the Ciracas Police, East Jakarta. This attacker hangs out with a motorbike.

"It is currently being investigated by the ranks of Polda Metro Jaya. (Police Headquarters, Red) is backing up," said Head of Public Relations of the Indonesian Police, Inspector General of Police Raden Prabowo Argo Yuwono, quoted by Antara, Saturday, August 29.

The attack and vandalism at the Ciracas Police Headquarters, East Jakarta was carried out by around 100 unknown people in the early hours of Saturday.

The perpetrator came on a motorbike and then took action to destroy the police station. Two police officers who were on patrol were reportedly injured in the attack.

Apart from injuring two police officers, the perpetrator also burned a Ciracas deputy police office car and an operational bus parked in the Ciracas Police Headquarters, Jalan Raya Bogor, East Jakarta.

Damage was also visible on a number of service room windows, a mapolsek signboard, and collapsed mapolsek fences.

Meanwhile, Commander of Military District Command (Kodim) 0505 / East Jakarta Col Kav Rahyanto Edy emphasized that his members were not involved in the attack on the Ciracas Police.

"So far there has been no involvement of our members in that incident," he said.

The attack on the Ciracas Police Headquarters on Jalan Raya Bogor, East Jakarta, Saturday morning was the second time it had occurred, after having also experienced a similar incident on 11 December 2018. At that time, the Ciracas Police were damaged and burned by an unknown mob.

The riots at the end of 2018 were thought to have been triggered by the beating of TNI members by parking attendants in Ciracas, the day before. As a result of the rioting, the Ciracas Police and a number of cars around the police station were damaged.

Although there were no fatalities in the burning of the police station, the losses due to the incident were estimated at Rp1 billion.