Traffic dispute ends in shooting

Traffic dispute ends in shooting

BANDUNG: Twenty-eight-year-old Dedi Junaedi was shot in the
leg by another motorist after becoming involved in a traffic
dispute on Jl. Sukajadi here on Monday morning.

Dedi was reportedly driving to an auto repair shop at about 10
a.m. when a speeding motorbike approached him from behind and
swerved to avoid a pothole in the road.

"I was startled and also tried to avoid the pothole. The
driver of the motorbike, however, lost his balance and fell. He
then chased after my car yelling at me," Dedi said from the
hospital.

Dedi stopped his car and got out and the other driver
attempted to punch him, resulting in a fistfight.

"Suddenly he pulled out a gun and shot me in the leg," Dedi
said.

Upon hearing the gunfire, other motorists apprehended the
shooter and handed him over to the Sukasari Police.

Dedi's family plans to file a lawsuit against the shooter and
has urged the police to investigate the case thoroughly.

"Our brother is not a criminal. The shooter cannot get away
with an unlawful act like that," Dirman, Dedi's brother, said.

The police were unable to confirm the details of the incident.
(25/edt)