Jobless man killed by mistake

TANGERANG (JP): A jobless man identified as Anton Abdullah, 32, of Kampung Pondok Serut in Serpong here, died after being mobbed by an angry crowd which assumed he was a thief.

It was Anton's father-in-law Jaya who allegedly provoked the crowd to turn on the father of three Tuesday night.

Jaya reportedly yelled and called Anton a robber because the latter had forced him to hand over some money and threatened to burn the house if Jaya refused to do so.

A local resident named Samsu said that Anton probably died from the severe wounds to his head, chest and arm.

Anton's body was left bleeding in a street in Kampung Pondok Serut. The police found at least 10 planks and several stones near the body.

The body was taken to Tangerang hospital for a postmortem. (41/cst)