Journalist stabbed for debt

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: A senior journalist was rushed to the hospital on Saturday after he was stabbed in the hand by a colleague over debt.

Witnesses said that the incident started when Junaidi, the chief editor of weekly newspaper The Voice of Youth, met Yahya, a journalist at a local news publication, in the lobby of the Bandar Lampung Municipality Council.

Upon seeing him, Junaidi demanded that Yahya repay a debt he owed. Yahya responded furiously to the request, apparently humiliated by Junaidi's demanding the repayment in public.

Yahya found a fork somewhere nearby, then returned to Junaidi and stabbed him in his right hand.

Bystanders quickly separated the two journalists and took Junaidi to Bumi Waras Hospital for medical treatment.

It is not yet known whether Junaidi intends to file a lawsuit against Yahya over the incident. -- Antara