Police Arrest 3 People After Viral Brawl Between Kramat Group Vs Johar Baru, Urine Test Results Positive For Drugs

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JAKARTA - Central Jakarta Senen Police arrested three perpetrators of a brawl that occurred near Stasoun Sentiong, Kramat on Sunday, June 27 last night.

Senen Police Chief Commissioner Ari Susanto said officers arrested three brawlers with the initials H (25), O (27), and AN (41) at his home in the Kramat area on Tuesday night.

"The police arrested the perpetrators while conducting a sweep", said Commissioner Ari Susanto in Jakarta as quoted from Antara, Wednesday, June 30.

This brawl was viral on social media and uploaded to the @recordjakarta account. In the 1 minute long video, a group of young men can be seen attacking each other with stones.

Some youths carried sharp weapons, such as sickles, until the action of throwing stones at each other took place. In fact, based on the testimony of residents, Molotov cocktails were flying.

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Kompol Ari said the three perpetrators were positive for consuming amphetamine-based on the results of a urine test.

With this arrest, a total of seven brawlers have been arrested. Previously, the police had arrested four other perpetrators from the Kramat community group and the Johar Baru group.

Ari explained that this brawl involved two groups of residents who were located next to each other, namely Kramat and Johar Baru Villages.

The Head of Johar Baru Police, Kompol Edison, said that the brawl allegedly occurred because of an old grudge between the two groups of residents. In fact, the perpetrators agreed to brawl via social media.

"The cause of the brawl is an old grudge between these two groups. They agreed to brawl on social media", said Edison.