One dead, one loses ears in mobbings

One dead, one loses ears in mobbings

JAKARTA (JP): One man was killed and another had his ears cut
off, but survived, after being attacked by vendors in markets in
South and West Jakarta yesterday.

A man identified as Charlie, 23, was beaten to death by
vendors in the Mampang Prapatan market, South Jakarta, Monday
night.

Police said the vendors caught Charlie stealing jackets, T-
shirts and two kilograms of freshwater catfish from a vendor,
Yanto, who was in the public toilet at the time.

The beating stopped when officers from the Mampang police
precinct arrived and broke up the crowd.

City Police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said Charlie, who
suffered from serious injuries to his entire body, died at Kramat
Djati police hospital yesterday at dawn.

"Police are still questioning several vendors believed to have
witnessed the incident," Aritonang said yesterday.

The man whose ears were cut off was 26-year-old Mansur. He was
mobbed by vendors who caught him stealing money and fruit in the
Jembatan Lima fruit market, West Jakarta.

Aritonang said his ears were cut off with a knife. (cst)