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Brawl at Manggarai trouble spot disrupts train services
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Motorists drive past a road closure banner in Manggarai, South Jakarta, on Oct. 26, 2016. Violent quarrels and brawls among residents around the Manggarai area are common with no one entirely clear as to the cause of the feud. ( JP/Seto Wardhana.)
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ome 300 residents of South Manggarai, South Jakarta, and Menteng Tenggulun, Central Jakarta, fought a brawl on Wednesday afternoon around Manggarai Station, causing disruption to commuter line train services.
South Jakarta Police chief Comr. Sr. Bastoni Purnama said the brawl broke out at 4.14 p.m. when South Manggarai residents attacked Menteng Tenggulun residents who planned to hold a meeting near the Jayakarta pedestrian bridge.
"They attacked with stones and fire crackers, causing a brawl to break out on the railway near Manggarai Station,” he said as quoted by tempo.co.
Bastoni said the brawl was broken up after Menteng Police officers fired tear gas to disperse the mob. However less than five minutes later another clash erupted near the Jayakarta bridge.
He said the situation returned to normal at around 5:20 p.m. after police joined forces with Menteng subdistrict military command (Koramil) to disperse the crowd, which consisted of around 300 people.
The trouble caused temporary disruption to commuter line trains arriving at and departing from Manggarai Station, one of the busiest stations in the capital, as most commuter and inter-city trains pass through it. After suspending services for around an hour, the station resumed operations normally.
PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) spokesperson Anne Purba said a train was damaged during the disturbances.
