Murder suspect's home destroyed

Murder suspect's home destroyed

JAKARTA (JP): Angry mob attacked yesterday the house of the main suspect in the murder of a woman and her three children in Bambu Apus, East Jakarta, and burned the house of his relative after hearing that the woman's 8-month baby escaped from the murder finally died yesterday.

Hundreds of people flocking to the location started to stone the house Filipus Kia, the main suspect, and the homes of his relatives Bernardus Ola Namang, Bernardus Lajar and Yohanes Muli which are close to Filipus's in the afternoon. The angry mob even burned Bernardus Ola Namang's house, Antara reported.

The mob attack made police officers, helped by military officers, busy dispersing the large number of attackers. It took two hours for the officers to control the situation. Dozens of officers remained in the location to avoid any possible new attack from the mob, according to Antara.

Eli, a 31-year-old housewife, and three of her children were found dead with severe stab wounds in her home in Bambu Apus last Monday.

The large number of people coming to the location caused a heavy traffic congestion on roads around the area.

Filipus, his wife Parmi, his sons Agus, Fery, Bernardus and Albert, and his cousins Alex and Lambert are now being questioned by the police following the brutal murder.

Quoting police sources, Antara said that Filipus who was accompanied by his lawyer OC Kaligis only admitted to the killing yesterday after police involved a psychologist and a clergyman in the investigation.