Suspected thieves mobbed to death

Suspected thieves mobbed to death

JAKARTA (JP): Two suspected thieves were mobbed to death by
local residents after being caught committing crimes in West
Jakarta and Depok, respectively, police said on Monday.

City police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis identified the
suspected thieves as Indra Yuhelmi, 18, a student at private high
school in Cipondoh, Tangerang, and Harsono, 28, an unemployed
resident of Bukit Cengkeh housing complex in Depok.

Indra died of severe burns to his body after being set on fire
by residents of Rawa Buaya in West Jakarta. The residents saw
Indra and a number of his schoolmates attempting to remove the
side mirror of car parked in the residential area at about 9 p.m.
on Sunday.

While his schoolmates managed to flee, Indra was apprehended
by residents, who dragged the young man to a vacant field where
they doused him with gasoline and set him on fire, police said.

Indra also suffered severe head wounds from blunt objects,
according to the police.

"We can't even imagine how the incident happened but our
officers are still collecting evidence at the site," Lubis said.

Separately in Depok at around 2 a.m. on Monday, Harsono and an
unidentified accomplice were mobbed by residents after being
caught breaking into the house of one of Harsono's neighbor,
identified as Dina Masdiana.

The suspected burglars were caught after Dina, startled by the
intruders, screamed for help, Lubis said.

Harsono died at the scene and was taken to Ciptomangunkusumo
General Hospital for a postmortem examination. His accomplice
suffered severe head wounds and is currently being treated at
Soekanto Police Hospital.

"We'll process the mobbings because the residents also
violated the law," Lubis said.

No arrests have been made in either of the mobbings.(emf)