Ambarawa tobacco merchant shot dead

Ambarawa tobacco merchant shot dead

SEMARANG: The head of the Body for National Unity's Temanggung
chapter, Himawan, was murdered on Friday night in Ambarawa,
Central Java. He died at an Ambarawa hospital from gunshot wounds
to the neck and chest, police said. No motive has been found.

Police officers requesting anonymity said Himawan, 61, known
as a successful tobacco entrepreneur, was on his way home from
paying respects to the family of a friend who had died with his
driver. At one of the roads where motorists have to pay fees, two
men on a motorcycle approached Himawan's stopped car and one of
them fired shots at him.

Police quoted his neighbors as saying that Himawan had
received a number of threats over the past few days. Among others
at the funeral on Saturday was Temanggung regent Sarjono.