Two killed at fish market

Two killed at fish market

JAKARTA (JP): A fisherman and his nephew were attacked and
killed by about 20 people at the Muara Angke fish market in North
Jakarta early yesterday.

Usman, 36, and his nephew Alang, 30, of Penjaringan district
had suffered severe wounds and almost all of their fingers were
missing.

A forensic staffer of Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital said
different types of sharp weapons and blunt objects had been used
in the attack.

"We've found fragments of glass... wood and bricks in their
wounds," forensic expert Bambang H.P. said.

As of last night, police had not commented on the killing but
a relative of the victims quoted a police source as saying that
the men were attacked after a small dispute between the victims
and an unidentified fisherman.

The clash took place about 1 a.m. but nobody knew what the
dispute was about, Arpan, who identified himself as Alang's
father, said.

"There were about 20 people opposing the victims," he quoted a
police source as saying.

The angry mob stopped only after the victims were laying on
the street and local police officers passed by.

Arpan, 54, who is Usman's brother, could shed little light on
the dispute.

"Police told me that the incident was believed to have been
sparked by a competition and business matters between them,
nothing personal," he said.

Arpan admitted that his younger brother had once been jailed
in North Sumatra for pick pocketing. (04)