Man jumps to death from tower

Man jumps to death from tower

JAMBI, Jambi: People in the provincial capital of Jambi were shocked on Friday by a suicide jump allegedly carried out by an identified man from a tower belonging to state telecommunications company Telkom in the downtown area.

Jambi Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Allorante said the body of the man was found by a Telkom security guard at around 8 a.m.

The tower is 80 meters tall, and based on the severity of the injuries sustained by the man Allorante speculated the unidentified person must have collided with the steel framework of the tower before crashing to the ground.

Further evidence of the suicide jump was given by the fact that a number of bolts were missing and a crossbar had fallen.

Allorante said police were investigating the reason behind the suicide, which, according to him, may have taken place between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m.

The body was taken to Raden Mattahir general hospital for an autopsy. -- Antara