Man kills 17-year-old wife

PURWAKARTA, West Java: A 45-year-old driver was arrested over the weekend for killing his 17-year-old wife, Syamsiah, in a fit of jealous rage, Antara reported yesterday.

Police said Saturday that the victim was found dying from her injuries by her neighbors in Linggasari village, Darangdan district, on Thursday morning. She died on her way to the hospital.

Quoting neighbors, police said that the two had had a bitter quarrel shortly before she was beaten.

It was reported that the driver had accused his wife of having an affair. She had been married to the suspect, identified only as ED, for two years.

The police confiscated a 50-centimeter-long metal pipe stained with blood from the crime scene, the report said. (ste)