Man burned for stealing

Man burned for stealing

TANGERANG (JP): A 28-year old man was burned to death by an
angry mob in Cipondoh, here last Friday, for stealing a motorbike
belonging to a local resident, while his friend managed to get
away with the loot.

Local residents said that an eyewitness, who was on the way to
mosque for Friday noon prayer, saw the victim, later identified
as Inpiat, a 28-year-old Bekasi Selatan resident, with another
friend hanging around the mosque compound where many motorcycles
were parked. The two then stole one of the motorcycles.

The eyewitness shouted for help when the two were about to
ride away with the motorbike belonging to Mahun.

In seconds hundreds of people, most of them from the mosque
congregation, started chasing them.

Inpiat was beaten viciously before being burned in a plot
adjacent to the Al-Barkah mosque, while his friend escaped with
the stolen motorcycle.

Cipondoh Police chief First. Insp. Baruno said his men could
not stop the mob from attacking Inpiat and burning him to death.

Finally satiated, the mob left Inpiat's charred corpse lying
in the plot until police officers rushed it to the Tangerang
general hospital.

Baruno did not say if legal action would be taken against the
residents over the killing. (41/sur)