Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Two men reportedly died in a brawl and a policeman was shot in front of the South Jakarta District Court where the trial relating to the over a deadly Blowfish nightclub fight was taking place. Witnesses said they saw two bodies in gruesome conditions.

"The brawl erupted on the street between two camps of the Blowfish case, one camp opened fire and the other awaiting, stood at another end of the street carrying machetes," a witness told the Jakarta Globe on condition of anonymity.

"We saw a man was shot and as he died, his opponents stabbed his body with machetes," he said. "There were two bodies on the street, one's head was crushed and the other one had a gunshot wound," the witness said.

The brawl was related to the conflict between supporters of the suspects and the victim in the previous hearing.

"They have firearms, they have to be arrested. They fired shots but the police ran away, you must arrest them all," a friend of the victims told South Jakarta Police Chief Sr. Comr. Gatot Edy.

Police are still attempting to negotiate with the warring camps. The police beefed up security by deploying more than 200 officers around Jalan Ampera, South Jakarta, where the court is located.

A few minutes before the brawl, a police officer named Lambua WW rushed into the court room and shouted that he had been shot. "I heard a gunshot and suddenly my hand was bleeding, I have no idea who fired the shots," he told the Globe.