inp.polri.go.id - Tangerang. Police apprehended 22 children suspected of assaulting officers during a riot and stopping mining trucks for the construction of a national strategic project at Pantai Indah Kosambi (PIK) 2, Tangerang Regency, Banten.

"There were 22 children we secured last night. They can go home if their parents come to pick them up. They are safe, we give them food, give them drink," said Tangerang Sub-regional Metro Police Chief Senior Superintendent Zain Dwi Nugroho on Friday (11/8/2024).

According to Zain, the 22 children had initially been dispersed, but regrouped to try to attack the officers. He said the anticipatory action of securing dozens of children and teenagers by the police was forced to be carried out after they attacked the officers at the scene of the mining truck riot.

The dozens of people who were arrested, he said, were a group that had ignored the officers' appeals after there was a road blockade and vandalism of trucks by local residents. At that time, it was already night, and they attacked the officers.

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