Indonesian teen killed during police response to street game


JAKARTA: An 18-year-old identified as Bertrand Eko Prasetyo was pronounced dead after being shot during an incident on Jl. Toddopuli Raya, Panakkukang district in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Sunday (March 1) morning, local police said.

According to Makassar police chief Sr. Comr. Arya Perdana, an officer from the Panakkukang district, identified only as First Police Inspector N., responded to reports of a group of youths playing with toy water gel blasters in the street, which residents said was disrupting traffic.

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