Decapitated couple found in K. Kapuas

Decapitated couple found in K. Kapuas

PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: Kuala Kapuas residents on
Friday were in shock after finding the mutilated and beheaded
bodies of a Madurese couple.

Kapuas police precinct chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Maltha said
residents were in fear after the decapitated body and heads of
Turi'in, 35, and his wife Surah, 30, were found at different
locations.

The two bodies were found early on Thursday while their heads
were found some 15 kilometers away later in the evening.

"We found the bodies matched the heads and identified the
couple as Turi'in and Surah," Maltha told The Jakarta Post on
Friday.

The couple had fled to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, after
ethnic violence erupted between local Dayaks and Madurese
settlers earlier this year.

They returned to Kuala Kapuas on Monday to check on their
paddy fields and house.

"We're having trouble investigating the case because most
people are refusing to give information to us," Maltha said,
while warning that the incident could have been intended to
create further ethnic tension.(32)