Indonesian students vow more protests after one killed in Jakarta demonstration

Demonstrators run from tear gas during a clash with riot police after a motorcycle taxi driver died after being struck and run over by a police tactical vehicle during Thursday's protest on a number of issues including parliamentarians' allowances, education funding and the government's school meals programme, outside Jakarta Mobile Brigade (Brimob) headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 29, 2025. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Tensions have risen in Indonesia's capital following a protest call by students at Jakarta's police headquarters on Friday in response to the death of a motorcycle ride-sharing driver hit by a police vehicle.

The driver was hit at the site of violent clashes on Thursday near the parliament as police were trying to disperse demonstrators protesting against a number of issues including lawmakers' pay and education funding.