Officer runs amok, kills two

Officer runs amok, kills two

BANDUNG (JP): An apparently drunken military officer shot and
killed two teenagers at the Air Force housing complex on Monday
night, sources said yesterday.

The incident happened when the guard, Chief Corporal Untung,
lost his temper in an argument with the victims, Andri and Rini,
both aged 19 and residents of the housing complex.

The officer accused the victims, who happened to be relatives,
of stealing the motorbike they rode. He threatened to arrest the
victims if they did not confess.

Upon realizing that the officer was drunk, they tried to
leave. But as they moved, the guard grabbed his gun and pulled
the trigger.

A reliable source said the single .38 caliber bullet traveled
through Andri's neck and went into Rini's body. Andri died on the
spot and Rini later at hospital.

Andri's father, Second Lt. Rismanto, and Rini's father, Chief
Sgt. Sunarto, strongly denied the guard's accusation that the
teenagers had stolen a motorbike.

Chief of the West Java military district, Lt. Col. C.H.B.
Herman Ibrahim, said yesterday he was yet to receive a full
report on the shooting.

Untung has been detained at the Bandung/Cimahi military police
headquarters for questioning. (17/pan)