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Police officers stand guard outside Jami Matraman Mosque on Matraman Dalam Street in Central Jakarta, on July 27, 2026. (Antara/Adimas Raditya)

Jakarta Police have named seven suspects over a deadly clash in Pegangsaan, Menteng, Central Jakarta, that left one man dead and another in critical condition, with investigators separating the case into vandalism and fatal assault investigations.Police said on Monday that four suspects had been charged in connection with the destruction of a street vendor's food cart on Jl. Matraman Dalam II, while three others were named suspects for allegedly assaulting a man who later died from his injuries during the violence on Jl. Tambak on Sunday.

"In the case involving the vandalism of a food vendor's cart, we have named four suspects based on statements from eight witnesses, CCTV footage and other evidence," Jakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Budi Hermanto told reporters. The four suspects were identified only as GNA, AJL, PAM and ELL