Student demonstrations were still ongoing at a number of universities in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Thursday, with students also damaging and blocking public roads.

Students from Alauddin State Islamic University even threw rocks at the local police headquarters and damaged motorcycles parked in front of the building. They also blocked Jalan Alauddin.

At 3 p.m. students and police were face-to-face with only 100 meters distance between them. Hundreds of students armed with rocks and wooden sticks were on standby in front of the campus while the police were on the intersection between Jalan Alaudin and Jalan AP Pettarani. The police were armed with shields, batons, tear gas and a water cannon.

Meanwhile, another group of students conducted a raid and blocked the road at the Islamic Students Association (HMI) headquarters in Botolempangan, Makassar. They threw rocks at police officers and burned tires on the street. The students' riot was related to police raid on the HMI's headquarter on Wednesday night. Ten people who were alleged to be members of the Detachment 88 counterterror squad arrived at the headquarters. Confrontation broke and five students were injured.

Metro TV reported that Detachment 88 said they were looking for an activist who was suspected to be the provocateur of the clashes.