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Police officer dies after jumping into river to avoid attack
The body of Chief Brig
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The body of Chief Brig. Taufik was found near this bridge, which crosses the West Flood Canal in Cideng, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday after he jumped into the Ciliwung River in Matraman, East Jakarta on Monday. (kompas.com/Robertus Belarminus) (kompas.com/Robertus Belarminus)
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span class="inline inline-center">The body of Chief Brig. Taufik was found near this bridge, which crosses the West Flood Canal in Cideng, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday after he jumped into the Ciliwung River in Matraman, East Jakarta on Monday. (kompas.com/Robertus Belarminus)
A police officer died after jumping into the Ciliwung River to avoid being attacked by a group of people during a raid on a house in East Jakarta, the police said on Tuesday.
The body of Chief. Brig. Taufik was found in the Cideng section of the river near the West Flood Canal in Central Jakarta, several kilometers from where he jumped into the river in Matraman, East Jakarta.
His body was found by a man collecting junk from the river at 2 p.m. 'I became curious when I saw a leg in a boot. I thought it was a doll. Then I lifted the body,' Yudi, the scavenger, was quoted by kompas.com as saying.
The incident started when five police officers raided a house on Jl. Slamet Riyadi in Matraman, East Jakarta, on Monday evening. During the raid, a drug suspect and her child shouted out to people who were not local residents, said Jakarta Police's General Crimes Department director Sr. Comr. Krishna Murti.
The people, who were armed with sharp weapons stormed, the house and tried to attack the police officers. During the incident, another police officer, Senen Police narcotics division head First Insp. Haryadi Parbowo, suffered stab wounds to the abdomen and three others fled.
Following the incident, dozens of police officers were seen guarding the Kampung Berland area, which is known as a drug hub. (bbn)
