Two killed by mob, no police action

Two killed by mob, no police action

BOGOR: Two suspected thieves were beaten to death by an
enraged mob of villagers in Ciasihan, Bogor, on Thursday at 8:10
p.m. Both men -- identified as Ida Firmansyah bin Ada, 32, and
Cecep, 30 -- were caught after allegedly stealing a television
and five chickens from the house of a resident, identified as
Nadi, of the nearby village of Menir.

The mob was reportedly extremely ferocious, due to suspicions
that Ida and Cecep were behind a string of robberies in the area
in which they were deemed overly violent, often using knives and
injuring several of the victims that they robbed. After both men
were rendered harmless the vigilante mob set Ida's body alight
and watched it burn.

Cibungbulang police subprecinct chief, Second Insp. Parmin,
stated that Ida was released from a 10-day jail term -- for
previous armed robberies -- only a day before he was beaten and
burned to death.

Despite the brutality of the attack, and hundreds of
eyewitnesses, police had stated no intention of questioning or
detaining any suspects involved in the gruesome double murder. --
JP