Elementary School Students In Malang Beaten With Cuts Until Injured, Police Intervene

Archival photos. Malang Police Headquarters in Kepanjen, Malang Regency, East Java. ANTARA/Vicki Febrianto.

Malang Resort Police handled a case of fights between elementary school students which resulted in one of the students being seriously injured in the face. Head of Public Relations of Malang Police, Iptu Ahmad Taufik, said that the struggle that resulted in the victim with the initials R (10) being injured was currently being handled by the Malang Police Women and Children Service Unit (PPA). in one of the madrasas located in Tegalweru Village, Dau District, Malang Regency.

The victim with the initials R, was involved in a fight with the reported initials H, who is also a student at the school. Based on temporary information received by the Malang Police Satreskrim PPA Unit, the incident began when the victim with the initials R did not want to be invited to play by the reported party with the initials H during school break. The victim was then challenged to fight by the reported H when he returned home from school, but there was no response. The victim left the victim was overtaken away, but the reported chased the victim and brought a sharp object. "It is suspected that the reported party asked the victim to fight, but there was no response so that the victim was kicked. When the victim left, the perpetrator chased him with sharp objects (cutter)," he said.

The quarrel between elementary school students occurred not far from the school in Tegalweru Village, Dau District. As a result of the fight, the victim suffered a laceration on the cheek which was quite long. As a result of the injury, the victim then received treatment at the Muhammadiyah University General Hospital (RSU) Malang. Currently, the process of handling the case is being carried out by the Malang Police Satreskrim PPA Unit, considering that both the victim and the perpetrator are children. Police officers have examined a number of witnesses related to the incident. "Currently it is still being handled by the Malang Police Satreskrim PPA Unit," he said.