Officer's fiancee shot by colleague

Officer's fiancee shot by colleague

MANOKWARI, Irian Jaya: A police sergeant from Windesi Police
sub-precinct in Manokwari regency allegedly accidentally fired
his gun while cleaning the weapon on Monday evening, killing the
fiancee of one of his fellow officers.

Antara reported on Tuesday that Second Sgt. Syarifudin
accidentally pulled the trigger of his gun at 4:45 p.m. on
Monday. The bullet killed Adriana Moses, the girlfriend of First
Sgt. Herman.

Officer Syarifudin was cleaning his gun after being deployed
to help secure the polls a few hours earlier.

Wounds suffered by the Irianese woman had not been clarified,
but police said the tragic incident and any misunderstandings
following from it between the two officers had been solved with
the help of the chief of the Windesi Police sub-precinct.

Adriana's body was shipped to Manokwari by boat and was
expected to arrive at Manokwari Hospital on Tuesday evening for a
postmortem examination.

Separately, a member of the military killed a resident of
Gresi district in Jayapura regency and seriously injured another
on Monday evening.

The dead victim was identified as Robby, 22, while his wounded
friend was identified as Jan Piet Taime, also 22.

According to witnesses, the two were shot by Pvt. Hadi Rianto
from the Garuda I Land Task Force after failing to stop their
pick-up at Sabeyap T-junction in Kemtuk district.

Locals said the two may have been unable to halt their vehicle
on the steep road.

Jan Piet Taime was still receiving treatment at a local
hospital.

Police could not be reached for comment.