Teenager arrested for murder

Teenager arrested for murder

JAKARTA (JP): Police detained an 18-year-old resident of
Wijayakusumah subdistrict in West Jakarta for allegedly killing a
65-year-old neighbor, Siti Aisyah, early Thursday morning.

Police at Tanjung Duren station said the suspect, identified
only as Budi, was attempting to steal the woman's small
black-and-white television along with two of his friends.

Aisyah, a retired elementary school teacher, was found dead in
the living room. She was facedown and had a gash at her left
temple and a bruised left eye.

Witnesses said residents in the neighborhood immediately
entered the house upon hearing unusual sounds at 3:30 a.m. when
the victim was struggling with the three men.

Budi, who is the son of the community head in the
neighborhood, was then assaulted by the residents when he
reported tried to flee by bajaj (three-wheeled vehicle) with the
14-inch television, while his two accomplices managed to escape
the people's anger.

Gempar Setiyono, the victim's nephew, said he wondered why the
suspects did not take a bigger, color television which was in the
same room.

"If all they need is money, why would they take that
television which is out-of-order?" Gempar said at the morgue of
Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital.(01)