Guard killed while patrolling factory

Guard killed while patrolling factory

JAKARTA (JP): A security guard for a factory in Bekasi was
found dead early yesterday with at least eight stab wounds in his
body, a police officer said.

Second Lt. Saut Gultom of Bekasi Police precinct said that
Sunarto, 45, was killed by a group of people, who broke into the
warehouse of PT Epi Terma Mas, a lathe assembler.

He said police found several lathes outside the warehouse,
indicating that the suspects had attempted to remove the heavy
equipment but failed to load them into their vehicle, probably
due to a lack of time.

"It's therefore impossible that there were less than two
people in the group because the machines are too heavy."

Gultom said that the suspects were still at large.

Sunarto, of Jl. Lumbu Utara, Bojong in Rawalumbu district, is
believed to have died from a fatal wound to the back of his head.

"We found his uniform torn into pieces, indicating that he had
tried to defend himself before he was killed."

A preliminary investigation revealed that the guard was
attacked while patrolling the factory in the early hours of
yesterday morning.

"According to the other security officers, Sunarto wanted to
secure the warehouse, which was located at the back of the
factory's compound," Gultom said.

But he provided no details about why the victim's colleagues
knew nothing about Sunarto's fate until factory workers found the
guard's body at the side of the warehouse at 7:30 a.m.

Police found car tire tracks around the area where Sunarto was
attacked and stabbed, Gultom said. (04)