Police Probe CCTV Footage as They Investigate Stabbing of Parangtritis Toll Collection Officer

Police have revealed that the attacker who stabbed the toll collection point officer at the old Parangtritis TPR wore a face covering. In addition, officers are examining CCTV cameras around the scene to uncover the case. ‘The suspect wore a helmet and something resembling a sebo, so his face was not visible,’ said Panit Reskrim Polsek Kretek, Ipda Kismanto, when contacted by reporters on Friday (22 May 2026). According to Kismanto, these observations are based on review of several CCTV recordings around the incident site, noting that the CCTV at the old Parangtritis TPR had been removed. ‘So for now we are only analysing a number of CCTV recordings that have been obtained by investigators,’ he said. Regarding whether the act was spontaneous or whether the perpetrator had a prior grudge against the victim, Kismanto could not elaborate clearly. Earlier reports described a social media post recounting that a Parangtritis old TPR officer was stabbed while on duty; police said the victim sustained a laceration to his left thigh. The incident occurred at the Parangtritis TPR around 21:30 Western Indonesian Time; the suspect was described as riding a black Beat motorcycle and wearing a face covering. The victim was the TPR guard. Coming from the south, the suspect stopped at the TPR and swung a celurit (a curved-blade machete). The blade reportedly fell as the suspect fled. (Instagram account @merapi_uncover as seen by detikJogja today). Bantul Police Public Relations Chief, Iptu Rita Hidayanto, said the incident began when the victim, MBA (38), a Parangtritis resident from Kretek, Bantul, was on duty at the old Parangtritis TPR around 21:00 WIB. It should be noted that for night-time retribution collection, the Bantul Regency Government uses residents of Parangtritis. ’When the victim was working at the old Parangtritis TPR, suddenly the perpetrator arrived from the south. The perpetrator passed the TPR where the victim was guarding and shouted