Policeman stabbed by staring strangers

Policeman stabbed by staring strangers

JAKARTA (JP): A plainclothes police officer was stabbed by two
strangers on Thursday evening for allegedly challenging their
stares.

The mobile brigade police officer, First. Adj. Brig. Muwardi
Habibi Lahab, was taking his girlfriend window-shopping at
Robinson department store in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, when he
came across two men staring at him, Pasar Minggu subprecinct
police chief Adj. Comr. Umar Effendi said.

Muwardi stared back at them but left shortly afterwards on his
motorcycle.

When he arrived at his police dormitory in Pasar Minggu and
was about to enter the gate the two men he had stared at earlier
suddenly appeared and lunged at his motorcycle so that Muwardi
fell off it.

Before Muwardi had a chance to get up, the two men had punched
him repeatedly and stabbed him in his back. The two men escaped
on their motorcycle while Muwardi's girlfriend was left screaming
for help.

Muwardi was rushed to the police hospital in Kramat Jati, East
Jakarta. (01)