Police Examine Witness Related To Malang Elementary School Student Fight That Makes Victims Incisions

Malang Resort Police (Polres) conducted an examination of a number of witnesses related to the incident of a fight between elementary school students (SD) in the area, which resulted in the victim being seriously injured in the face.

Head of the Malang Police Women and Children Service Unit (PPA) Aiptu Erleha BR Maha said that until now an examination has been carried out on the victim with the initials R (10) and his parents.

"(The school) we sent an invitation. (It will be examined) by the principal, then the two children suspected of committing this (fight)," Erleha said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, November 3.

For information, the fight incident occurred on Tuesday (31/10) at one of the madrasas in Tegalweru Village, Dau District, Malang Regency. The victim, with the initials R, was involved in a fight with the reported initials H (12).

As a result of the fight, victim R suffered a tear on the cheek which was quite long. The victim then received treatment at the Muhammadiyah University Malang General Hospital (UMM).

Erleha explained that the examination of the principal of a madrasa in Tegalweru Village was due to the information from the victim's parents, the incident between elementary school students was witnessed by the principal.

"Information from the family, the principal actually saw (the fight), but not persecution. At that time there was indeed pushing, but the principal thought it was just a normal fight," he said.

He suspected that the principal only witnessed the incident of an argument between students and did not see the use of sharp objects to injure the victim's face. However, his party is still waiting for direct information from the principal.

In addition, he continued, the cut on the victim's cheek, based on the latest information, was not caused by a cutter or paper cutting knife used by the reported H, but rather from a thin and sharp pot cut.

"Not a cutter. In the evening (after the incident) the principal went to the victim's house, saying that it was not a cutter. It was a pot cut," he said.

However, until now the police have not yet obtained evidence in the form of pot pieces used by the reported H. In the near future, the evidence will be confiscated and then the status will be raised to the investigation level.

Previously, a student at a Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (MI) in Tegalweru Village, Dau District, Malang Regency, with the initials R, 10, suffered a cut on the cheek after fighting with his schoolmate.

This incident occurred on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at around 13.00 WIB. The fight allegedly occurred after studying activities at school.