Man detained for stabbing his neighbor

Man detained for stabbing his neighbor

JAKARTA (JP): A 40-year-old scavenger was fatally stabbed by
two men after breaking up a minor argument involving the
suspects' younger brother in Central Jakarta yesterday afternoon.

According to the victim's wife, Eni, Sutrisno was stabbed
several times in the back and neck while reading used comics and
newspapers in their shanty near the railway track near Pasar
Gaplok in Tanah Tinggi.

"Fachrudin, alias Dower, and his elder brother, Sunarto,
stabbed him. They killed him in front of me," the 35-year-old Eni
said hysterically.

"They just came into our home and directly approached my
husband.

"They then stabbed him with their sharp weapons several times
from behind so my husband could not do anything to defend
himself," said Eni.

She said she witnessed the killing of her husband from outside
their home.

According to Eni, earlier in the day her husband broke up an
argument in the area between Ari, who is the younger brother of
the two suspects, and Sutrisno's nephew, Nurdin.

The argument began when Nurdin told Ari, 13, who is younger
than him, to stop mocking him, said Eni.

Sutrisno intervened and made the two teenagers stop arguing.

Sutrisno's effort was also seen by Fachrudin and Sunarto, said
Eni.

From there, Sutrisno and his wife went to the nearby Senen
market to collect trash, to be used or sold, and returned home at
midday.

At about 1:45 p.m., Fachrudin and Sunarto -- who live nearby
-- went to the couple's home and allegedly stabbed Sutrisno.

Eni said that at the time she was unconcerned by their visit
as the two were also her neighbors.

Learning that Sutrisno had been stabbed, some scavengers who
live nearby ran to the shack to help and to apprehend Fachrudin.

Sunarto managed to flee from the residents, Eni said.

Fachrudin is being detained at Senen Police station for
questioning.

The two suspects' older brother, Suminto, has promised to help
local police trace the whereabouts of Sunarto.

"They (Fachrudin and Sunarto) are lazy and never try to find
jobs. They only give trouble to their family," Suminto told
reporters while viewing the victim's corpse at Cipto Mangunkusumo
General Hospital's morgue yesterday evening.

He said his two brothers may have been angered by the way
Sutrisno berated their younger brother in public.

Suminto said he was prepared to be answerable to the police if
Sunarto failed to appear.

"I'll take responsibility," he said. (04)