Angry TNI member threatens online taxi driver with pistol after minor collision

Tangerang Selatan – A minor road scuffle ended in violence on Sunday night when an online taxi driver was threatened with a suspected pistol by a man later identified as a TNI member in Buaran, Serpong, in South Tangerang City.

The incident occurred near KFC Paradise Viktor in Setu and was captured on camera and went viral after being posted by the account @dashcamindonesia.

In the video, a man is seen pointing what appears to be a firearm at the online driver’s head. The suspect reportedly exited his car in an emotional state; a heated argument ensued.

“Straight away he was about to smash my right wing mirror, and my left wing mirror too. I blocked him when he tried to smash the mirrors,” the victim wrote in the post.

The quarrel, which began as a vehicle bump, escalated into violence. Not long after the exchange, the suspect allegedly produced a pistol and pointed it at the driver’s head.

In the circulating footage, the man is seen brandishing what appeared to be a firearm toward the driver. The victim says he sustained physical violence, with his nose bleeding from a punch and his elbow injured from being slammed.

“I was handcuffed too, then he punched me until my nose bled,” the victim wrote. The victim said he had suggested resolving the matter at a police station, but the proposal was refused. “I suggested going to the police station to settle the issue, but he didn’t want to,” he wrote.

Afraid, the victim decided to resolve the matter on the spot. He also said the suspect had asked for Rp 900,000.