Suspected teenage tout murdered

BOGOR: An alleged 17-year-old public minivan tout who operated in the vicinity of Sukasari market, Bogor, West Java, was found dead on Tuesday with his head almost severed from his body in front of the Bogor Plaza shopping center.

The victim, Arpan, also had a stab wound to his abdomen.

The police believe that the victim, a resident of Cilebut Timur village, Bogor, was murdered at around 2 a.m.

Damai, 42, and Mustari, 39, both relatives of the victim, suspected that the victim had been killed by other touts as part of a turf war at the market.

The case is still being investigated by local police.--JP