Sat, 06 Aug 2005

Officer shoots colleague

BEKASI: Second Brig. Bayu Mediatmoko was about to check the security of his handgun on Thursday morning when it suddenly went off. A bullet hit the leg of his colleague, Second Brig. Deni Ramdani, who was standing nearby.

Bekasi Police revealed on Friday that Bayu had been assigned to guard a bank.

Deni has been discharged from the hospital as he only suffered minor injuries.

The police are still investigating the cause of the incident. -- JP