Youth Brawl In Matraman Brings Umbrellas Criticized By Warganet, Police Say There Are No Reports And Victims

JAKARTA - A group of youths equipped with various sharp weapons, types of sickles and blunt objects to umbrellas carried out a brawl on Pisangan Baru Street, near Jangkrik Market, Pisangan Baru Village, Matraman District, East Jakarta, Sunday, October 15.

The brawl incident was recorded by an amateur camera from a local resident. Then uploaded to the Instagram social media account

In the video footage, it can be seen that a group of youths equipped with various sharp weapons were running back and forth allegedly carrying out a brawl. In addition to holding a sickle type knife, one person among the youths also brought an umbrella.

Suddenly the uploaded video footage received an intriguing response from netizens. Not a few netizens blasphemed the perpetrators of the brawl.

@Aldiispn tweeted, "Take an umbrella even though you don't use the basis for low standards".

@liamrlna also commented, "Yyaelah sumpak wkwk".

The @umitravelling account also responded, "Make an MMA event like that in every kelurahan. Duel mpe modyar. Kezzel mamak saw the boy dare to beat up".

Meanwhile, the brawl case was not reported to the Matraman Police Headquarters. The police also stated that there were no casualties or injuries due to the brawl.

Head of Public Relations of the Matraman Police, Ipda Bambang Zainudin, confirmed that there was a brawl between youths in the Jalan Pisangan Baru area, Pisangan Baru Village.

"While not yet (no perpetrator has been arrested). There are no reports and victims," he said when confirmed by VOI, Sunday, October 15.