Puluhan polisi menyisir rumah-rumah warga yang menjadi tempat persembunyian mahasiswa. Mahasiswa yang tertangkap, kemudian dipukuli hingga babak belur. Sejumlah orang tua mahasiswa histeris, saat menyaksikan anak-anak mereka dianiaya polisi.
Warga yang menyaksikan tindakan brutal polisi itu pun marah. Akibatnya, seorang polisi babak belur dihajar warga, hingga tak sadarkan diri.
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Police arrest a protestor during clashes at a demonstration against a rise in fuel prices earlier this week.
Anti riot police block student protesters near the presidential palace as they protest against the government's plans to raise fuel prices in Jakarta March 27, 2012. Protesters rallied across Indonesia on Tuesday against the government proposal to increase fuel prices by a third as parliament prepared to vote on a divisive subsidy that cost Southeast Asia's largest economy some $18 billion last year.