Police perplexed by attacks on its personnel
Police perplexed by attacks on its personnel
JAKARTA (JP): An officer of the city police's Mobile Brigade
was attacked and stabbed by five unidentified men attired in
combat uniforms in East Jakarta on Thursday.
Police say they are confounded by the assault on Jl. Ciracas.
Last Monday and Wednesday, three officers from the same unit
also were beaten and stabbed by unidentified assailants in the
area.
Victims described their attackers as well-built and with crew
cuts. They said they bore military-style commander knives.
Jakarta Police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis said on
Saturday that Pvt. second class Sugeng Rianto was injured in
Thursday's attack.
Based on findings of the preliminary investigation, the
incident occurred at 7 p.m. when Sugeng was on his way home to
the nearby Mobile Brigade housing complex in Cimanggis.
Five men stopped the public transportation vehicle he was in
on Jl. Ciracas near the red-light district of Boker.
The men dragged the officer out of the vehicle and beat him
before one of them stabbed him with a knife, Lubis said.
Sugeng is undergoing treatment at Soekanto Police Hospital,
along with the other officers attacked earlier in the week, Lubis
said.
They were identified as Pvt. second class Yusuf Antony, Pvt.
second class Nawi Ritonga and Second Sgt. Yudi Supriyanto. All of
them suffered serious stab wounds.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is still
underway, Lubis added.
He declined comment when asked if the investigation was
focusing on the possibility Army members were the assailants.
Late Thursday, a member of the Army's Special Force (Kopassus)
also was reportedly beaten in the same area by two men, believed
to be officers from the nearby Ciracas police station.
The Army second sergeant suffered no serious wounds and
immediately reported the incident to his headquarters in
Cijantung.
He was escorted to the East Jakarta Police Headquarters to
file a complaint. With help of local police, he reportedly
identified two officers at the Ciracas station.
There were no details on any legal proceedings against the
officers because neither the East Jakarta Police or Kopassus
headquarters issued official statements.
Lubis said he was unaware of the incident. (emf)