Truck driver found dead

Truck driver found dead

TANGERANG (JP): A truck driver from yarn manufacturer PT
Tifico was found dead on Wednesday night apparently after being
stabbed by one of his colleagues at the firm's compound on Jl.
Raya Serpong here.

Priyono, one of the witnesses, told police officers
investigating the incident that the victim, identified as
Bastianus, 36, was stabbed in his neck following petty gambling
just after work.

Priyono said that he did not know how the killing happened.
"When were about to go home from work, I found Bastianus near the
company's gate in a pool of blood," he said.

"Upon learning that the victim was in a critical condition, we
alerted nearby residents and contacted the police to inform them
about the incident," he said.

Bastianus was rushed to the Tangerang General Hospital, but he
died before receiving medical treatment possibly due to severe
loss of blood from his wounds, he said.

Police said that five witnesses had been questioned, but
another, identified as YN, who was believed to have stabbed the
victim with a machete, had fled the scene of the incident.

It was still unclear what the motive of the stabbing was,
Capt. Krisnadi, head of the Tangerang police's detective unit,
said. (41/hhr)