Police arrest five suspects in Ampera clash

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Police have arrested five people suspected of involvement in the Sept 29 deadly clash which left three people dead on Jalan Ampera, South Jakarta.


"Three of them were arrested in Yogyakarta and two in Jakarta," spokesman for the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Chief Commissioner Boy Rafli Amar said on Sunday.

The suspects arrested in Yogyakarta were identified by their initials as NH, N and F while those arrested in Jakarta were identified by their initials as S and AN, he said.

He said police did not seize anything from the suspects during the arrest.

A team of investigators would further develop their investigation to arrest other suspects in the clash, he said.

A fatal fray erupted last Wednesday in front of the South Jakarta District Court on Jl Ampera Raya, killing three and injuring 12. The injured included three police personnel who were hit by stray bullets.

The three police personnel were chief of the South Jakarta police resort Chief Commissioner Gatot Edy Pramono, his adjutant 1st Brig. Gerhana and Adjunct Commissioner Lambua W.W.

The fight between ethnic gangs from Flores and Ambon broke out around midday before the third trial hearing into a brawl at the upscale Blowfish Kitchen and Bar in April in which two people were killed.

Boy declined to reveal which gangs the arrested suspects belonged to. (*)

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