Student Testimony In South Tangerang, After Rosario's Prayer There Was A Scream Of Cacak From Residents

The location of the rented place where Unpam students hold the Rosario/DOK M. Jehan-VOI prayer

TANGERANG - One of the witnesses in the beating incident on Jalan Ampera Poncol, Setu, South Tangerang with the initials LE admitted that there were harsh screams and swearing when he and his colleagues were praying for Rosario. The perpetrator shouted for them to stop worship immediately. “ Next to prayer. Then he (the resident) said what he didn't hear. Because inside. Then we finished Prayer, he said ‘ Bang ***, Anj*** To ***, don't worship here’” LE when met at the location, Monday, May 6. Hearing the harsh screams, the witness and his colleagues immediately left the rented house and then approached the resident who reprimanded him. “Since then, as soon as possible, I was immediately shocked. Prayers immediately stopped. Mr. RT said don't worship here, worship in church. Not allowed to worship, "” he said. Meanwhile, the head of RW 02 named Marat said that the cause of the riot was because one of the residents was hit by a group of worshipers. "My residents were also beaten first," said Marat when met at the location, Monday, May 6. He told that the incident began when the occupants of the rented house were praying Rosario. Because it was judged that his worship was too loud and late at night, one of the residents approached the place to reprimand the group. He continued, the occupants of the rented house did not accept being reprimanded, so they hit the residents who came to the rented house. "“Incidentally, maybe during the evening of worship, the hand of one (disabled man) came to see the RT and came, right, he was aiming to help RT, not get rid of it, but it was already late," he said. “(It turned out) He was beaten first, that's why he got emotional. He didn't accept it. There was one person as far as I know who did, ” he continued. Seeing this disabled man being beaten by the worshiping group, other residents who were not far from the location helped. As a result, there were clashes between the group who were praying with local residents. “ And other residents saw that 3 people came and didn't accept it because they knew it. Because many residents there don't attack but watch, "he said.

Marat also admitted that there were residents who took a kitchen knife because they were emotional. He emphasized that the knife was not prepared but a reaction due to emotional burning.