Police officer stabbed to death

Police officer stabbed to death

JAKARTA (JP): A police officer was stabbed to death by one of
three men who attacked him after a heated quarrel on Jl. Inpres,
Pasar Rebo, East Jakarta.

East Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. Nanan Sukarna confirmed
the killing Saturday saying the alleged killer, identified only
as IS, 25, had been arrested.

He said the attack on Darmadji happened Friday following a
heated quarrel between the suspect and the victim over a traffic
incident.

An unofficial source said they quarreled over a woman.

IS with two other friends then mobbed the victim.
"They escaped after IS stabbed Darmadji in the stomach," Nanan
said.

Residents in the area rushed the victim to a hospital but he
died on the way, he said.

Nanan said the police picked up IS at a house near the scene
of the crime. "We had to shoot him in the left leg because he
tried to resist arrest."

The suspect was treated at the Kramatjati Police Hospital in
East Jakarta.

East Jakarta police have been cleaning up the area, rounding
up hoodlums since Friday trying to find the other suspects. (jun)