Bystander killed in duel

A worker stabbed one of his colleagues to death over the weekend while fighting over a prostitute at the Pelapela red light district in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.

The 19-year-old victim, identified only as Sbr, was initially trying to break up a fight between two other men.

Police said that both of the men, who were intoxicated at the time, were competing for a date with one of the favorite prostitutes in the area.

One of them, Suara Pembaruan reported, stabbed Sbr's chest and stomach. Sbr later died.

The killer also stabbed the prostitute, who was standing near the scene, in the stomach.

She is currently being treated at Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital in Central Jakarta. (09)