Mon, 09 Apr 2001

Man stabbed to death

JAKARTA (JP): Local residents of Jagakarsa, South Jakarta alerted the police early on Sunday morning after they found a man's body with at least three stab wounds near the Pancasila University bus stop.

The man was identified as Hendri Duhan Sihombing, 22, a resident of Lenteng Agung Raya, Srengseng Sawah, Jagakarsa.

"The victim was stabbed in the left and right thighs, the abdomen and the chest. His body was found at about 3 a.m. on Sunday," Pandji, a morgue attendant at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, said.

South Jakarta police are currently investigating the murder. (ylt)