Wed, 10 Jul 2002

Three corpses found in Tangerang

TANGERANG: Three unidentified male bodies have been found in three separate places over the past four days.

The last body was discovered next to the railway track on Tuesday morning by residents of Poris Jaya subdistrict, Batu Ceper district.

There were several stab wounds to the stomach and back, while the left hand was almost severed.

On Monday, the body of an unidentified man wearing a Civil Servants Corps (Korpri) uniform was found floating in the Cisadane River in the Pasar Baru district. There was no indication of violence.

On Saturday, residents in Teluk Naga district found the body of a man at a garbage dump. The body could not be identified because it had been severely burned. --JP