Jealous man kills his best friend

Jealous man kills his best friend

JAKARTA (JP): A man stabbed his best friend to death because
he could not bear to see the victim in a happy marriage with his
ex-wife, a police officer said yesterday.

An assistant City Police spokesman, Maj. Nyoman Suriasta, said
the suspect, Roba'i bin Barno, stabbed his victim with a machete
nine times Sunday afternoon at the Cakung market, East Jakarta.

Nyoman said Roba'i was very jealous to see how loving a couple
his ex-wife Muslimah and his long time friend Masrudin
Hendronurdin, 30, had become.

Roba'i, 30, divorced Muslimah, also 30, about nine months ago.

Roba'i had allegedly planned to challenge the victim to argue
and fight with him, Nyoman said.

"So he went to the market on Sunday, where his ex-wife sells
fish every day. They started to fight and Roba'i stabbed the
victim in front of his ex-wife," he said.

The suspect is being detained by North Jakarta police for
further questioning. (cst)