Metal bullets found in most victims of Friday's shooting<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Fragments of metal bullets have been found
\ninside most of the bodies of the victims of the bloody Black
\nFriday shooting at the Semanggi cloverleaf here last week, a
\nsenior forensic expert said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
According to Budi Sampurna, head of the forensic department of
\nCipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, these bullets had caused the
\nfatalities.<\/p>\n
\"The bullets that entered the bodies produced holes with a
\ndiameter of five to six millimeters,\" Budi told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
He, however, refused to disclose anything further about his
\nfindings, including the type of metal in the bullets.<\/p>\n
\"It's still under investigation,\" he argued.<\/p>\n
According to Budi, all of the bullets found in victims' bodies
\nhad been handed over to the city military police for further
\ninvestigation into the shooting.<\/p>\n
The forensic finding contradicted statements from the police
\nand senior military officials who insisted that their men
\nassigned at the Semanggi cloverleaf last Friday the 13th were
\nonly armed with blanks and rubber bullets.<\/p>\n
But the officials promised to probe the shooting, which
\ncaused the death of nine people, including seven university
\nstudents.<\/p>\n
Another senior forensic expert of the same hospital, Mun'im
\nIdries, was of the opinion that the bullets that killed the
\nSemanggi victims were fired from rifles.<\/p>\n
He based his opinion on the wounds of the victims and the
\nfragments as well.<\/p>\n
\"The bullets are indeed small in diameter but produced
\nfatalities, and there were no signs of close-range shootings
\nfound on the bodies.\" he told the Post.<\/p>\n
Mun'im said identifying the exact type of rifles used to shoot
\nthe victims would now depend on the size of the cartridges found
\nat the scene of the incident.<\/p>\n
\"The bullets used during the Semanggi shooting were of the
\nhigh velocity type.<\/p>\n
The bullet's velocity depends on the amount of gunpowder in
\nthe cartridges. The longer the cartridges, the speedier the
\nbullet, he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, reliable sources from the military and the
\nhospital, who requested anonymity, confirmed that an almost
\nintact bullet, measuring 4.47 millimeters in diameter had been
\nextracted from the body of one of the victims.<\/p>\n
\"None of us in the military is armed with this kind of
\nbullet,\" the military said.<\/p>\n
According to Mun'im, a bullet was not the only forensic
\nelement necessary to determine the killers.<\/p>\n
\"Details of the diameter of the bullets alone could not
\nexplain the case.<\/p>\n
We must also take into account the degree of destruction over
\nthe bodies, the size of cartridges found at the scene along with
\nthe bullets found in the bodies to determine the type of the
\nweapons used during the incident,\" Mun'im explained.<\/p>\n
Besides the nine victims at Semanggi, the city also witnessed
\nthe deaths of four other people on that day during other clashes
\nin the capital.<\/p>\n
The Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital identified the four victims,
\nmembers of the Pamswakarsa volunteer security units, as
\nWahidinnur Nurlette, Mansur Ulu, Budi Marasabessy and Sulwan
\nLetaluhu. (ivy)<\/p>",
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