Motorbike thief killed by mob

Motorbike thief killed by mob

JAKARTA (JP): A mob of local residents from Pondok Benda Baru
in Pamulang district, Tangerang, killed a man on Wednesday night
for stabbing an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver and attempting to
steal his vehicle.

Local residents seized the thief as soon as they heard ojek
driver Supriyadi's calls for help.

Supriyadi was taken unconscious to Fatmawati Hospital in South
Jakarta.

Supriyadi, 25, a resident of Kedaung Hijau village in Pamulang
district, South Jakarta, said from his bed yesterday that Juhana
bin Mansyur, 24, asked him for a lift at about 9 p.m.

"Passing through Pondok Benda Baru, he suddenly asked for my
motorcycle. I tried to resist, but he stabbed me.

"I shouted 'Thief! Thief!' until local people arrived to
help," he told journalists.

"The next morning I was informed that my assailant had died,"
he said, adding that he knew Juhana, a minivan driver who worked
on the Ciputat-Pondok Labu route and lived in Pondok Aren near
Bintaro.

Supriyadi, who hails from Demak in Central Java, has been
working as an ojek driver for about three years.

Juhana's body was taken to Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
for a postmortem examination. (ivy)