Semarang thief burned alive

Semarang thief burned alive

SEMARANG, Central: Mob justice took its toll on Friday morning
when a group of people beat and burned alive a youth for
allegedly stealing kitchen utensils.

Antara quoted eyewitnesses as saying that Inung, 20, was
caught red-handed as he was about to make off with the stolen
goods.

He was dragged to a field behind Sendangmulyo Hospital where
the mob beat him, doused his body with kerosene and then set it
ablaze, they said.

Eyewitnesses said Inung's scorched body was then left in the
field until the police arrived on the scene.

Chief of South Semarang sector police, Sgt. B.S. Hadi Nugroho,
who was at the scene of the crime, confiscated the cooking pan,
spoons, forks, and other utensils as evidence.

A number of people at said Inung and two other friends
frequently steal from residents of the housing complex in Rumpun
Diponegoro IV, Mangunharjo district.