Ridwan Kamil Lauds Students Who Chased Down Bandung Bomber
28 February 2017 13:20 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Bandung Mayor has expressed his appreciation for the bravery of SMAN 6 Bandung high school students who chased down the perpetrator of pressure cooker bomb attack during their sports education at Pandawa Park on Monday, February 27, 2017.
“I would like to extend my sincere gratitude for the bravery of the students of SMAN 6 for helping keep Bandung City secure,” said the man who is widely known as Kang Emil in Bandung on Tuesday, February 28.
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Emil told students that public security is the responsibility of not only the police and private security services but also the people.
“The responsibility to keep Bandung City [safe] is at the hands of those who love Bandung City themselves,” he said.
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On the occasion, the Mayor named SMAN 6 Bandung high school as an example to others due to its students’ heroic action in fighting terrorist who has disrupted public security in Bandung.
Ridwan Kamil symbolically handed over rescue jackets to two representatives of the students who chased the terrorist.
ANTARA