Ical says family bloodbath was spur of the moment
Ical says family bloodbath was spur of the moment
MEDAN (JP): Muhammad Ferizal Batubara, the 17-year-old accused
of bludgeoning his parents and four of his siblings to death with
a hammer here on Friday, has denied the murders were
premeditated.
The young man nicknamed Ical said on Monday he killed his
parents because they forbade him from meeting his girlfriend
Poppy and he was enraged after they rejected his request to marry
her.
"I planned nothing," the senior in private G.B. Yoshua High
School told reporters at the city police headquarters in the
North Sumatran capital.
He allegedly killed his father Dr. Arsyad Batubara, 61, mother
Delviarina Siregar, 46, elder brother Gun Chaled, 21, and elder
sisters Fitrisna, 29, Vini Quita, 25, and Vidi Tinti, 23.
Another sister, Vita Junia, 27, was not at home when the
murders occurred.
Medan Police chief Col. Nono Priyono said he believed the
slayings were premeditated. As of Monday, the police believed
Ical acted alone.
Nono said Ical, who has legal representation, will soon
undergo a psychiatric examination.
Police said Ical had suffered depression since elementary
school because he was often grounded from leaving home.
His parents had reportedly arranged for home tutoring at one
point.
Ical has claimed he was often reprimanded by his parents and
siblings.
Police said that they were still questioning Poppy and Akhir,
Fuad and Yuki, three of Ical's friends.
As reported earlier, the police were informed of the murder by
Akhir and Fuad at 9:30 p.m. on Friday.
Ical reportedly telephoned the friends at about 5 p.m. on
Friday to tell them he was hosting a party. When they arrived,
the friends found three bodies in the living room.
Ical asked them to help bury the bodies in a room in which he
had dug up the floor. The friends fled after telling him to wash
his bloodied clothes first.
Poppy told police Ical visited her at about 9:30 p.m. on
Friday and confessed to the killings.
Ical was arrested at 2 a.m. on Saturday. (21/byg)