Javanese cannibal declared nuts

Javanese cannibal declared nuts

SEMARANG: Sumanto, a local 31-year-old man who confessed to eating the bodies of at least three people in the Central Java regency of Purbalingga, had been diagnosed as a psychopath according to the analysis of police psychiatrists, the local police said Thursday.

Head of the local police's psychology department Adj. Sr. Comr Purnomo said that Sumanto understood his actions and had even planned them well.

Sumanto of the Palumutan village in Kemangkon subdistrict was arrested last week after he allegedly ate the corpse of Rina, 80.

Police found in his home human bones and human flesh as well as the clothes of his previous victims.

Sumanto said he wanted to eat seven human bodies to gain supernatural powers.

Purnomo said that with the psychiatrist's findings, Sumanto was fit to stand trial and could be held accountable for his actions under Indonesian law. -- Antara