Police officer kills two colleagues, injures one

Police officer kills two colleagues, injures one

JAKARTA (JP): Two West Jakarta Police Precinct officers were
killed and another one was injured after one of their colleagues
shot them at the precinct on Tuesday.

West Jakarta Police chief Supt. Iwan Nurisman Ismet said the
incident involved four officers of the same rank, namely First.
Insp. Asman Manurung, head of the police operational unit, First
Insp. I Putu Eka Ishwara, head of the auto theft unit, First
Insp. Zubaidi Ishak, head of the police adjutants unit and First
Insp. Mukidi, head of the inventory unit.

"The four officers had just attended the morning inspection at
the precinct. As they were chatting in Mukidi's room, suddenly,
Asman picked up his gun and shot Zubaidi and Putu," Ismet told
reporters at the morgue of the Cipto Mangunkusumo General
Hospital.

The two officers died on the spot after two bullets from a
revolver pierced their left temple and right eye respectively.

Mukidi, who fought Asman later, escaped death after several
other personnel in the precinct managed to catch Asman.

"However, Asman managed to shoot Mukidi in his left thigh,"
Ismet said.

Asman was detained by the city police internal affairs after
the murder, while Mukidi was brought to the Pelni Petamburan
Hospital for medical treatment.

Ismet said Asman might have been exhausted after he had been
assigned to a night shift on Monday.

"He was tired. So when the other officers 'touched' him, in
reflex, he shot them," he said without elaborating.

A source who refused to be named said Asman who had just been
transferred to the police precinct had been angry after the other
officers teased him saying that he was no longer in a position
where he could get a lot of money.

"I also heard that they were arguing about their sources of
money," the source said without elaborating.

City police deputy chief Brig. Gen. Makbul Padmanegara said
that the officer had been emotionally disturbed.

"He might have been under stress. He seemed rather confused
when he attended morning inspection this morning," Makbul said at
the morgue.

Meanwhile, the family of Zubaidi said the police must
investigate the incident and bring the murderer to court.

"Asman must receive a sentence equal to his crime," Sr. Supt.
Hafidz Suhani, an officer at the College for Police Affairs
(PTIK) who is the oldest brother of Zubaidi, said.

Zubaidi, who hails from Sukabumi in West Java, came from a
police family. Six out of 10 children in the family are police
officers. His father, Mohammad Ishak, is a retired police major
(assistant superintendent).

Members of Zubaidi's family poured into the hospital morgue on
Tuesday, including his wife Dini and son Oky Wirapranata, a
senior high school student.

Dini, who lived with her husband in Tangerang, fainted after
she discovered that her husband had died.

Zubaidi's body was taken from the morgue at 3 p.m, and is set
to be buried in his hometown in Cikukulu district, Sukabumi.

Meanwhile, none of Putu's family came to the morgue. Friends
of Putu said his wife, who is also a police officer at the
National Police Headquarters with rank Sr. Inp., was on vacation
in her hometown in Bali with the family's two children.

Putu, who lived with his family in South Jakarta, is to be
buried in Sele Madeg district, Bali. (asa/jaw)