Alleged rapists killed, burned

Alleged rapists killed, burned

TANGERANG (JP): Two alleged kidnappers and rapists of a young
girl were brutally assaulted and burned to death by angry locals
at Keramat Village Hall in the Pakuhaji district in Tangerang on
Wednesday.

The two fatalities, identified as Agung, 30 and Ali Sadikin,
30, and another man called Nasan were reported to have abducted
and raped a local 19-year-old girl.

The girl left home on Nov. 4 with the three men, who were her
neighbors, and was said to be held in a house for about 10 days.

With no clear reason, the alleged abductors returned the girl
home on Saturday at which point the victim told her parents that
she had been sexually assaulted.

Her parents then reported the case to the Pakuhaji police, who
later searched for the suspects.

Police managed to nab Nasan at his house on Monday.

Residents, however, encountered the other two men walking
toward the victim's house to settle the matter on Wednesday at
noon.

Angry crowds quickly stopped the two and dragged them to the
nearby village meeting hall. Brutally attacked with blunt and
sharp objects, Agung died instantly, while crowds poured gasoline
on Ali and burned him alive.

He died in Tangerang hospital later in the day.

"We deeply regret the incident. People must not take the law
into their own hands," Pakuhaji police chief First Lt. Bachrudin
commented sadly. (41/edt)