Unidentified men attack police officer

Unidentified men attack police officer

JAKARTA (JP): A police sergeant from the On-Alert Unit at
Jakarta Police Headquarters was beaten and stabbed in the neck by
two unidentified men at a small park near his house in Pasar
Rebo, East Jakarta, late Monday.

The wounded officer, Second Sgt. Yudi Supriyanto, was on his
way home from his office on Jl. Sudirman in South Jakarta when
the incident took place, Jakarta Police spokesman Lt. Col.
Zainuri Lubis said on Tuesday.

Lubis said the incident occurred at about 11:30 p.m. when the
uniformed Yudi disembarked from a public bus at the busy
Kramatjati market on Jl. Raya Bogor.

Lubis said as Yudi passed Fatahillah park near the market, two
men stopped and asked him to identify which unit he worked for.

Yudi told the two that he was a member of the city police's
On-Alert Unit and was on his way home, Lubis said.

The two men allegedly abruptly kicked him causing the victim
to slump onto the ground, Lubis said.

As Yudi attempted to get up, one of the men pulled out a
dagger and stabbed his neck, Lubis said.

The two men then fled the scene after allegedly screaming that
they had been robbed by a police officer, Lubis said.

Alerted by the screams, passersby rushed to the park and found
the officer had fainted from the attack. Blood was seen by
witnesses on his uniform, Lubis said.

Yudi was taken to a nearby medical clinic by local residents.
He was transferred later to Soekanto police hospital, where he
was still receiving medical treatment.

The dagger allegedly used to stab Yudi was left by the
suspects at the scene. Police detectives, who combed the area
later, seized the dagger as evidence for their investigation.

As of Tuesday afternoon, police had not progressed further in
their identification of the two alleged criminals. (emf)