Two grenades found in housing complex
Two grenades found in housing complex
JAKARTA (JP): Duren Sawit Police detectives are currently
quizzing five men after two live grenades and a smoke bomb were
found in a community unit (RW) office in the Billy Moon housing
complex, Pondok Kelapa, East Jakarta, where one of the five men
normally resides.
Duren Sawit police subprecinct chief Comr. Listiyo Sigit
identified the person who normally lived in the office where the
grenades were found as Abdullah, alias Memeh, 34, a security
guard in the housing complex.
The homemade grenades and the smoke bomb, which was produced
by state munitions manufacturer PT Pindad, were found in the
office of community unit (RW) 10, Pondok Kelapa.
"Residents of Billy Moon complex have long resented the
activities of Abdullah and his friends, who spend their days
getting drunk and extorting money from motorcycle taxi drivers.
They are really sick of Abdullah and his friends," Listiyo told
reporters on Wednesday.
According to Listiyo, the angry residents stormed the RW 10
secretariat at 12 p.m. on Wednesday and found four men very drunk
there. Abdullah, however, was not present, the police officer
said.
"The enraged residents, armed both with sharp and blunt
weapons, attacked the four men viciously and beat them until they
were rendered helpless. Meanwhile, other residents who were not
involved in the fray contacted Duren Sawit police officers, who
arrived at the scene and tried to calm the residents down."
Once the residents had been calmed, they informed the police
that the men were also often involved in drugs.
The police then conducted a search during which the grenades
and the smoke bomb were found in one of the cupboards in the
office
Abdullah's friends were rushed to the hospital for medical
treatment.
A hand grenade thrown by a passerby, who may have been
traveling on foot or in a vehicle, exploded on Sunday evening
under the Mampang Prapatan flyover in South Jakarta.
Last Wednesday, a hand grenade exploded under the Slipi
flyover in West Jakarta. In this incident, one man eventually
died of blast injuries.
Police have yet to link the grenades found on Wednesday in
Duren Sawit to the flyover blasts.
Despite the blasts, the police have yet to put flyovers on
their list of security priority areas.
On Tuesday evening, a small explosion at a minivan depot
shocked residents of the Gudang Peluru Complex in South Jakarta.
Police later said that the explosion was caused by someone who
had put firecrackers in an empty glass bottle. (ylt)