Alleged thief mobbed to death

JAKARTA (JP): An unidentified man was mobbed to death on Wednesday morning after he allegedly tried to steal a motorcycle on Jl. Cibeuber in Bogor.

The police report said that a local saw the man trying to make off with the bike.

"The man ran away but the local yelled, 'Thief! Thief!', prompting other residents to run after him," the report said.

After residents caught the man, they beat him severely and then, when he was lying on the ground, one resident poured gasoline over him.

The mob was about to set the alleged thief on fire when two police officers arrived and intervened.

The man died while being taken to Bogor's PMI Hospital by the police. (jaw)