Jealous man mobbed to death

Jealous man mobbed to death

Emmy Fitri, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

A man was mobbed to death by residents after he set fire to
his ex-wife's house in Pasar Rebo, East Jakarta, on Tuesday.

Police identified the dead man as 48-year-old MB Abdul Rozak,
a resident of Ciganjur, Jagakarsa, South Jakarta.

Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said
Rozak went to visit his former wife, Endang, at around 10:30 p.m.

Rozak became enraged upon learning that Endang planned to
remarry, even though he had remarried and had one child from his
second marriage.

"According to witnesses, Rozak entered the house through the
back door," Anton said.

Rozak, armed with a machete and firecrackers, reportedly
attacked Endang and three other people who were sleeping inside
the house.

"The relationship between the three and Endang is not yet
known as the four are still being treated at Pasar Rebo Hospital
for wounds they suffered and cannot be questioned," Anton said.

After beating the four people, Rozak went outside and set fire
to the front of the house. When he attempted to burn other parts
of the house, neighbors tried to stop him and calm him down.

"But Rozak lost control and began shouting and pointing his
machete at the neighbors who had arrived at the house," the
police quoted witnesses as saying.

Anton said he believed someone must have provoked the incident
that led to the man's death.

"Or maybe the neighbors who at first wanted to calm him down
lost control because the victim resisted and was also armed," the
officer speculated.