Makassar – Student protests against the fuel price hike turned violent here on Thursday, with crowds hijacking and vandalizing a truck belonging to state oil company Pertamina.

The oil truck was passing the Indonesian Muslim University (UMI) on Jl. Urip Soemohardjo, where a group of students were staging a protest.

They stopped the truck before some of the protesters boarded the vehicle while shouting anti-price hike slogans. The crowds then started pelting the windows of the truck with rocks, creating panic among road users.

The incident took place at around 1 p.m. local time but police did not arrive on the scene until 3 p.m.

"We're disappointed with the government's initiative. Increasing the fuel price will only harm the little people," one of the students shouted while throwing a rock at the truck.

The situation, however, returned to normal later in the evening.