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estaurant staff members Reski, 19, and Praguna, 18, were arrested by Kelapa Gading Police in North Jakarta for allegedly attacking their manager who scolded them for playing games on their phones during work hours.

The victim, Tedy Taniwan, 35, confiscated the phones from the suspects and refused to give them back.

Irked, Reski took a meat cleaver from the kitchen and attempted to slash the victim but he managed to dodge it.

“During work on Monday, the two suspects were playing games on their phones. The victim then took their phones and refused to give them back despite repeated requests from the suspects,” Kelapa Gading Police chief Comr. Arif Fazlurrahman said on Wednesday, as quoted by tribunnews.com.

“Reski swung the knife, which nearly hit the victim’s head. “Praguna then hit him with a plastic chair injuring the victim’s hands,” Arif added.

The scuffle ended after security officers led the perpetrators and the victim out of the restaurant. The suspects then allegedly proceeded to launch another attack on the victim outside the restaurant.

The victim reported the case to the police who arrested the suspects on Wednesday.

The police took the knife and the chair in as evidence.