SP/Erwin Sihombing – In the first three months of this year, a total of 13 police officers fell victim to violence, the Indonesia Police Watch chairman said on Monday, just days after two police officers were killed.

"In 2013 so far, only three months have passed by and there have been 13 police members who were mobbed and slashed, two of whom have died. The latest case is the mobbing against Dolok Pardamean subdistrict police chief Adj. Comr. Andar Siahaan, which led to his death," said IPW chairman Neta S. Pane.

He said that in first quarter of the year, six policeman were attacked by mobs and seven others were slashed with blades. Five of the victims were police officers while the rest were troopers.

According to IPW data, 29 police officers were killed and 14 were injured in 2012, up from 20 police officers killed in 2011.

He attributed the violence to several factors, including low awareness of the law, the discriminatory attitudes of police officers and the lack of training on gathering evidence properly.

"Considering these conditions, members of the National Police should improve the quality of their training so that they can become more professional. In the future, the public will increasingly be desperate in their actions, considering the complex socio-economic problems they face," he said.

Here is the list of victims for the first quarter of 2013, according to the IPW

• March 27: About 100 people formed a mob and killed Dolok Pardamean subdistrict police chief Adj. Comr. Andar Siahaan. Violence erupted when Andar attempted to arrest a gambling operator in Butu Bayu Panei Raja village in the Simalungun district of North Sumatra.
• March 27: Adj. Comr. Suhardiman, a member of the Aceh Provincial Police, was stabbed to death allegedly by his neighbor in Ulee Kareng, Banda Aceh. The victim was at a roadside coffee shop when he and the assailant got into a dispute.
• March 24: First Brig. A.N.L., 30, from the Way Karya subdistrict police in East Lampung, was attacked by a crowd after he was found sleeping over a woman's home in Karanganom while her husband was away.
• March 18: First Brig. Eko Budianto, from the Sukmajaya subdistrict police, suffered injuries in his stomach and chest after being attacked by two unidentified men at a police traffic post in Depok, West Java.
• March 17: Adj. Comr. Maju Harahap, the head of the traffic unit of the Percut Sei Tuan city subdistrict police in Medan, North Sumatra, was attacked when he tried to redirect traffic. Krismas Efendi Panggabean and Juniter Pandapotan Hasibuan, both 28 years old and members of the Indonesia Youth Reform (AMPI) group, were arrested after they allegedly beat up the officer when he tried to reroute an AMPI convoy on the Jalan Mandala Bypass.
• March 15: First Brig. Amirullah, a member of the North Aceh district's traffic police, suffered critical injures when a van carrying marijuana slammed into him in an attempt to avoid a police road check.
• Feb. 27: Master Brig. Sugianto who attacked by a man with a machete when he was issuing a ticket to a motorcyclist at the Gayamsari police post in Yogyakarta.
• Feb. 14: First Brig. Yusriadi from the National Police mobile brigade (Brimob) suffered wounds after members of a motorcycle gang slashed him in front of a drive-through ATM in Makassar.
• Jan. 31: Adj. Sr. Comr. Herman Sikumbang, the deputy head of the South Sulawesi police Brimob, was shot in the chest by a home-assembled rifle when he tried to mediate a clash between supporters of two different candidates during the South Sulawesi gubernatorial election in Makassar.
• Jan. 29: Brig. Anthoni, a member of the Manado city police traffic unit, was beaten up after he tried to redirect a group of people during a funeral ceremony in an attempt to ease traffic congestion.
• Jan. 17: Second Adj. Insp. Trisna Junaidi, the head of the Gandapura subdistrict police detective unit, suffered from a slash wound after he was attacked by a suspect during an attempted arrest in Gandapura, in the Bireuen district of Aceh.
• Jan. 3: Three members of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy's security force allegedly beat up a police officer when he tried to break up a scuffle between protesters and the guards outside of the ministry.
• Jan. 2: Master Brig. Ridwan Simanungkalit was stabbed after he tried to break up a brawl in Pondok Kopi, East Jakarta.