Hoodlum killed by mob

Hoodlum killed by mob

JAKARTA (JP): A known hoodlum who operated in the Jatiuwung
district in Tangerang was mobbed to death by angry residents on
late Tuesday, a police officer said.

Also on Tuesday, at around 9 p.m., a man was attacked by four
unidentified assailants in nearby Mauk district after he
accidentally stepped on the foot of one of the assailants, city
police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis said on Wednesday.

The dead man was identified as 31-year-old Endang, while the
man who was attacked in Mauk was identified as 18-year-old Cici
Sanusi, a resident of Kemiri subdistrict.

Lubis said local police had made no arrests in either case,
but investigations currently were underway.

Police said that based on information from residents of
Jatiuwung, Endang was well-known as a hoodlum and it was believed
he was drunk at the time he was mobbed.

"Endang was seen quarreling with a resident in a food stall.
The cause of the argument is unknown. Witnesses to the quarrel
became involved when the two got into a physical fight," Lubis
said.

The mob stopped beating the victim and dispersed only after
Endang was motionless. Police later came and picked up Endang's
body, which showed severe wounds to the head and chest.

In Mauk, Cici was leaving a nightspot when he walked passed
four men, accidentally stepping on one of the men's foot.

"The man got angry and asked Cici for an apology. However,
when Cici said he was sorry, the man thought Cici didn't mean
it," Lubis said.

The man's friends hit Cici and one of them stabbed the victim
in the shoulder and thigh.

The four fled after the victim collapsed. (emf)