Man stabs wife, kills himself

Man stabs wife, kills himself

JAKARTA: Unemployed Suryana, 40, stabbed himself with a knife
after stabbing his wife, Mulyana, 34, at her arm in a domestic
fight on Wednesday morning. Suryana died as the single stab cut
his heart.

The fight of the couple, who reside in Bukit Duri area, South
Jakarta, turned fatal when the husband, who was known as a drunk,
trying to snatch a golden ring from Mulyana's finger. The wife
tried to stop him, but the angry husband hit her.

Holding a knife, Suryana attacked her wife who had fell on the
floor. He afterwards stabbed the knife into his chest.

He died instantly while Mulyana, who earn money by doing other
people's laundry, was now hospitalized at Budi Asih Hospital. --
JP