It Turns Out That A Student Who Was Bombarded With Sickles In Kemayoran, Was Involved In A Brawl With A Vocational School In Pluit, Jakut

Police officers conduct crime scene investigation at the location of the massacre of students in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta/ Photo; IST

JAKARTA - Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Commissioner Komarudin, explained a student with the initials GAHD (18) who died after being stabbed with sharp weapons on Jalan Industri, behind the DP3KK Office, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, was previously involved in a brawl with other groups of students.

"Yes, (there was a) brawl (between students). Two groups of students (brawl), one group of vocational students in Kemayoran and another one group of vocational students in Pluit", said Commissioner Komarudin when contacted by VOI, Friday, May 20, afternoon.

Commissioner Komarudin explained that the two groups of SMK students involved in the brawl finally met on Jalan Industri, Kemayoran.

"By motorbike, yes. Indeed, they met on the road. Spontaneously, they met on the road", he said.

Meanwhile, as many as 18 perpetrators who were arrested are still being investigated intensively at the Central Jakarta Metro Police Satreskrim. Police are also still investigating the motive of the incident, whether there was a grudge or just spontaneous.

"While we look at the means of communication (the perpetrators' cellphones) we have not found any invitation to fight", said Commissioner Komarudin.

18 students who were detained by joint officers from the Polda Metro Jaya and Polres Metro Jakarta Pusat were arrested in several different locations.

"We have detained 18 perpetrators, some are at home, some are on the road. In different locations. So we have secured 18 people and we are still developing them", he said.