Robber stabs housemaid

JAKARTA (JP): A 17-year-old housemaid was stabbed in the stomach during a robbery in the residence of her employer's daughter in Binamarga housing complex in Kranji, Bekasi, yesterday afternoon.

Komariah was in a critical condition in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital yesterday evening.

Her employer, Gardana, said Komariah, who was alone in the house, was stabbed by the robbers when she entered a bedroom to begin cleaning it. The maid could not recall if she was attacked by more than one assailant.

"She was caught her from behind, and prevented from screaming. She was then stabbed once in her stomach and she fell unconscious," said Gardana, who lives in the same housing complex as her daughter, Mila.

When Komariah regained consciousness the robber, or robbers, had gone, Gardana said.

Komariah, who comes from Lampung in southern Sumatra, has been working for Gardana for four months. (ivy)