Bringing A Long Sickle, A Gang Of Teenagers Attack Opponents At The Kampung Melayu Jatinegara Flyover

Screenshot of the video of the brawl at the Kampung Melayu flyover, Jatinegara

JAKARTA - The East Jakarta Police are processing two teenage boys who were involved in a brawl around the Kampung Melayu Flyover, Jatinegara, East Jakarta. Head of Criminal Investigation Unit for East Jakarta Metro Police AKBP Ahsanul Muqaffi said the two perpetrators carried sharp weapons.

"Two people were processed because they were found to be carrying sharp weapons," said AKBP Ahsanul, Tuesday, June 7.

It was later discovered that the brawl between the two groups of teenagers was carried out for the sake of social media content.

The Head of Sabhara at the East Jakarta Metro Police, Kompol Khairuddin, explained that the brawl, which was viral on social media, started on Saturday, June 4, yesterday. The brawl was viral because it was uploaded by the perpetrator on their Instagram account.

"They had time to update it on their Instagram, so we monitor everything with the community," said Commissioner Khairuddin, Tuesday, June 7.

Furthermore, another brawl occurred with the same group on Sunday, June 5. This time, continued Khairuddin, brawls also occurred on Jalan Halim Perdanakusuma and Jalan Dewi Sartika.

"The first (brawl) was on (Jalan) Halim, right, then after Halim they played again on (Jalan) Dewi Sartika, members received reports that they were live on Instagram social media," he said.

Furthermore, the East Jakarta Metro Police Pioneer Precision Team immediately arrested the perpetrators involved in the brawl.

"Around Jalan Dewi Sartika, Kramat Jati, there we secured eight people, with evidence of three motorbikes, two long sickles, after that we proceed to the detective unit for follow-up," he said.

Of the eight people who were arrested, two of them were prosecuted because they were proven to be carrying two sickles.

"We will find again who is the admin (Instagram account) and so on, we are looking for more," he said.

Kompol Khairuddin said the two groups of teenagers involved in the brawl were on average under 17 years old.

He said, they do brawls to exist on social media. Therefore, they have their own Instagram account that uploads the brawl.

"They exist for Instagram, basically they want to stand out to make themselves look (strong) and secondly, because of their content," he said.

He said that before the brawl occurred, two groups of teenagers had made an appointment by sending messages via Instagram to determine the location of the brawl and the time. They taunted each other.

"They really want to find an opponent, later they will make an appointment on Instagram," he said.

When they meet and have a brawl, then there are actors who broadcast the action live via Instagram.