Traffic policeman questioned

Traffic policeman questioned

JAKARTA (JP): City Military Police are investigating claims that a traffic police officer fatally shot a boy, Arianto Aritonang, City Police spokesman Lt. Col. Bambang Haryoko said.

Bambang told reporters on Wednesday that if the City Military Police could prove that the officer, identified only as Sergeant W., had killed the boy (age withheld), police would not hesitate to punish him, Antara reported.

The shooting occurred on Sunday night, Feb. 5, when the boy was playing with firecrackers on the roof of his house. Allegedly disturbed by the sound of the firecrackers, Sargeant W. reprimanded Arianto several times, telling him to stop igniting the firecrackers. But the boy simply ignored him.

Losing his patience, the sargeant reportedly unsheathed his pistol and shot the boy in the head. (mas)