Chronology of chaos in Suramadu, police fire tear gas

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —

City Government (City Government) Surabaya explained the chronology of the riots carried out by motorcyclists at the bridge blocking post Suramadu, Tuesday (22/6) morning. They broke fences, kicked tables and chairs and attacked officers with firecrackers.

Head of the Surabaya City Linmas Disaster Management Agency (BPB), Irvan Widyanto, said that initially a number of motorists came from the west side to the Suramadu Bridge, and turned back towards Surabaya. There, they broke the guardrail.

“Walking back and forth with the route, West Side – Under the Suramadu Bridge to the slow lane in front of BPWS, behind the command post,” said Irvan, when confirmed.

Then, this group of motorcyclists destroyed the Suramadu Bridge Gate guardrail until it broke.

Irvan said, after successfully breaking into the guardrail, the hundreds of motorists crossed again while crossing the fence.donor-donor the exhaust of the motorcycle he was riding.

Not only that, continued Irvan, some riders then got off their motorbikes. Then kick the chair in the medical tent and do a push action with the insulation officer.

“Several riders got off their motorbikes and kicked the swab tent seats and pushed each other a little with the security guards,” he said.

To dispel mass riots, Irvan said that one member of Brimob then fired tear gas. As a result, hundreds of these motorists immediately dispersed.

“One of the Brimob members fired tear gas to disperse the crowd of motorists and for the crowd to disperse,” he said.

Separately, the Head of Ops for Tanjung Perak Port Polrestabes Kompol Eko Nur Wahyudiono, denied that the sound of the explosion was not from officers firing. Rather it comes from the exhaust and firecrackers.

“They brought firecrackers, then the motorbikes. The sound of motorbikes jedar .. jedar it’s because the spark plug is played so the sound dor..dor..dor so. That’s the sound of a motorbike and a firecracker,” he said.

Unfortunately, the officers could not catch the drivers who made the commotion. Because, they set off firecrackers and fled when approached by officers.

“That’s why we couldn’t arrest them. So they tried to mess things up. It was a provocateur. No one was arrested, because as soon as they saw the police, they immediately ran away,” he said.

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