The riot occurred at the Mobile Brigade Headquarters Prison, Kelapa Dua, Depok, West Java, Friday (10/11/2017) afternoon. According to Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Rikwanto, the commotion occurred around 16.00 WIB.

Rikwanto explained that after Friday prayers, the detainees were put into their respective cells by the Densus 88 team. While carrying out these activities, the Densus 88 team conducted a search. There are 4 pieces of HP found.

"Four cellphones were found, belonging to Juhanda, Saulihun, Kairul Anam and Jumali," he said as quoted by a number of online media. One of the detainees did not accept the search.

"It is true that with the inspection activity, one of the prisoners did not accept it and provoked the officers with various words, then some members were provoked by their words and there were prisoners who while takbir loudly so that they provoked the prisoners of the next block," he explained.

As a result, riots ensued. A number of facilities in the prison were damaged. "The prison cell door was broken into, the gate of the block hallway, the window panes (in Block C and Block B)," said Rikwanto.

While the information that spread and went viral on social media said the cause of the commotion began when officers entered the isolation room of the cleric's detainees. It is said, the anger of the prisoners peaked when the officers scrambled the books of monotheism, threw other books and the Koran.

In the Youtube sharing information show "Second of Riots at the Mobile Brigade Headquarters, Kelapa Dua, Depok, West Java" which was also viral, the prisoners were seen screaming because they did not accept the treatment by the authorities of the Al-Qur'an and other books belonging to the prisoners. .

"We don't mind having our cellphones taken, but don't destroy our Koran and books!" exclaimed a prisoner in a video sharing Youtube that aired on Friday, November 10, 2017.

The prisoners who did not accept the abuse were also takbir. Several warning shots were heard from the police. The prisoners looked more and more emotional.

According to Rikwanto, the incident did not last long. The authorities immediately took control of the situation. Rikwanto also denied that this incident was triggered by the throwing and harassment of the Koran by the authorities. "It's a hoax," he said.

There are no victims in this riot