Police officer wounded in attack

Police officer wounded in attack

JAKARTA (JP): A traffic police officer was assaulted by four
unidentified men wearing military uniforms in front of a hotel on
Jl. Raya Bogor-Cimanggis on late Wednesday.

City police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis said on Thursday
the wounded officer was identified as second class Sgt. Agus.

The attack took place at around 11:30 p.m. as Agus was sitting
in front of the hotel talking with two people.

Two motorcycles stopped in front of the group and four men,
without saying a word, attacked Agus.

"We believe the attackers planned and prepared the assault,"
Lubis said.

The four men were armed with sticks which they used to beat
the police officer.

The attack ended only after Agus was unconscious. The
attackers then left the scene on their motorcycles in the
direction of Depok, Lubis said.

The assault was witnessed by a number of people, but none of
them intervened because they thought the attackers were soldiers.

"We have questioned the people who witnessed the incident,"
Lubis said.

Agus was taken to Soekanto Police Hospital in Kramat Jati for
medical treatment and was discharged some hours later.

Wednesday's assault raised the number of police officers
attacked by unknown persons to three this year.

The attacks on the officers were reportedly committed by men
with crew cuts who wore military shirts. (emf)