Suspected motorcycle thief mobbed

BOGOR: Police have taken into custody a severely injured man who was attacked by a mob when he and an accomplice were caught stealing a motorcycle in the vicinity of the Social Affairs and Manpower Office in Cibinong, Bogor.

Zulfikar Vakaro, 23, was severely injured, while his accomplice, Farid, 27, escaped but was later arrested.

Head of the Cibinong Police substation First Insp. Made Ari Pradana said that two thieves were repeat offenders. Zulfikar had been released from detention at the Bogor Police station on April 17.

"The suspects admitted to stealing 25 times," he said, adding that they were part of a 10-member motorbike syndicate.--JP