Sumedang Police Arrest Suspect in Robbery Case Involving Padjadjaran University Student

Sumedang (ANTARA) - The Sumedang Police, West Java, have arrested a suspect in the case of robbery against a Padjadjaran University student with the initials GC, which went viral on social media.

The Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Sumedang Police, AKP Tanwin Nopiansah, in Sumedang, Friday, said the suspect was arrested in the Tanjungsari sub-district on Friday (May 15) night.

“The suspect has been secured today in the Tanjungsari area and is currently being taken to the Sumedang Police Headquarters for further investigation,” he said.

Previously, the incident occurred in a small alley in Hegarmanah Village, Jatinangor sub-district, on Tuesday (May 12) night and went viral on social media because it was caught on CCTV.

The victim, who was panicking, then tried to escape into a narrow alley and fell. When the victim screamed for help, the suspect allegedly panicked and fled after running over the victim with a motorcycle.

On that occasion, he also emphasized that the incident was an attempted robbery, not as narrated on social media.

“This is purely an attempted robbery, not as widely reported on social media,” he said.

He said investigators had secured a number of pieces of evidence, including recordings from 12 CCTV cameras from around the location, as well as a sharp weapon allegedly belonging to the suspect and left at the crime scene.