Police rescue woman from tower

Police rescue woman from tower

JAMBI, Jambi: Local police special forces members rescued a
distressed woman after she abandoned a suicide attempt on a
television transmission tower here at dawn on Monday.

It took the police an hour to bring the woman, identified as
Rebiani from Sragen, Central Java, down the 60-meter tower
belonging to private station RCTI. Rebiani was exhausted and
dehydrated after apparently sitting on the tower for seven hours.

People in the town were unable to receive RCTI broadcasts
while she was on the tower.

A member of the rescue team, Second Lt. Avivi, told Antara the
woman screamed in fear when police found her. "She called a name
and said 'don't rape me again'," Avivi said.

He said Rebiani agreed to go down after police convinced her
they would arrest the man she said had raped her, who she
identified as Leman.

Hundreds of residents living near the tower on Jl. Pattimura
in Jambi's outskirts watched the rescue operation.

Rebiani was admitted to the hospital and will face police
questioning.