Police officer killed by 11 drunk assailants<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A police officer was mobbed and stabbed to death
\non Tuesday by at least 11 unidentified, intoxicated assailants,
\nsome of whom were reportedly Military Police officers, on Jl.
\nLautze Raya in Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Central Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Mathius Salempang
\nidentified the victim as Chief Brig. Tulus Pasaribu, 33, whom he
\nsaid had approached his alleged attackers early on Tuesday
\nmorning to warn them about excessive drinking.<\/p>\n
Mathius added that seven of the 11 suspects were currently
\nbeing questioned by police detectives. The remaining suspects
\nwere reportedly still at large.<\/p>\n
\"Tulus had seen the men getting drunk at a small stall on Jl.
\nLautze. He had gone up to them and had told them to stop whatever
\nthey were doing there ... instead the men all got angry, and
\npounced on him. They mobbed him to death,\" Mathius told reporters
\nat the Central Jakarta police station.<\/p>\n
\"After mobbing him to death, the 11 men, including members of
\nthe Indonesian Military (TNI), ran off. We got hold of the first
\nsuspect, Mansyur, who then implicated the others.\"<\/p>\n
In an unrelated development, Cilandak Police detectives in
\nSouth Jakarta shot dead a suspected cell phone thief on Jl.
\nFatmawati, early on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
Police identified the suspected thief as Samson Sembiring, 24,
\nwhom they said often targeted victims around the Fatmawati
\nintersection.<\/p>\n
\"He was getting away. So, we had to shoot him,\" Cilandak
\nPolice chief Adj. Comr. Reinhard Saut told reporters on Tuesday.
\n(ylt)<\/p>",
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