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Three killed in two student brawls in Bekasi
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Students of SMA 74 Jakarta high school raise banners in front of their school on Sept. 22, 2016, to celebrate the UN-sponsored International Day of Peace. (JP/File)
Two brawls between school students occurred in two different locations in Bekasi, West Java, on Saturday, leaving three dead.
The first one took place in Jatiasih, Bekasi, when students from Bina Insan Kamil Vocational High School crossed paths with students from Abdi Karya Vocational High School on Jl. Ratna, Pondok Gede, Bekasi.
The two groups started to attack each other and 16-year-old Abigail, one of the students from Abdi Karya, died after she was stabbed in the neck. Her infuriated friends then chased the students of Bina Insan Kamil, when they knocked Edi Gilang Febriyanto, 17, off his motorcycle. He was then stabbed in his shoulders and died.
The head of the Jatiasih Police, Comr. Rajiman, said the police were still investigating the case. “The witnesses who were involved in the brawl are still being questioned,” Rajiman said as quoted by tempo.co.
(Read also: Three schools under review after brawl kills student)
A second brawl occurred in Rawalumbu, Bekasi, on Saturday, resulting in the death of Oliver Vito, a 14-year-old student of Rawalumbu 41 Junior High School. He and his friends were riding in the back of a pickup truck when a group of students from another school stopped the vehicle.
The intercepted students tried to escape, but Oliver was left behind. Passers-by tried to separate the students, but failed. Oliver died when he was being rushed to the hospital after having been stabbed in the chest.
A spokesperson of the Bekasi Police, Comr. Erna Ruswing, said that two witnesses involved in the brawl had been detained for further investigation. (dea/wit)
