On May 12, six students from Jakarta's Trisakti University were shot and killed by security forces, raising the protests to a higher pitch, and reports of injuries and deaths began to pour in from all over the country. Over just a short period, more than 500 people died in the riots.
五月十二日，雅加達的翠薩提大學六名學生遭到安全部隊射殺，抗爭情勢更加升高，各地陸續傳出傷亡，總計有五百多人死於這一段時間的暴動中。