Woman shot while riding motorcycle

Woman shot while riding motorcycle

JAKARTA (JP): A woman was shot on her buttocks by an
unidentified person in front of the Gadjah Mada Plaza on Jl.
Gadjah Mada in Central Jakarta at 2 a.m. on Sunday.

The victim, Ika Novitasari, 26, said that she was riding
pillion on a green RX-King motorcycle, driven by her husband,
Kurniawan, 28, when the incident happened.

"We had just closed our small foodstall in the Tanah Sereal
subdistrict (Tambora district), and were on our way to pick up
our 3-month-old baby, Monica, whom we had left at my mother's
house to be taken care of," Ika told The Jakarta Post from her
bedside at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital.

"When we passed the Gadjah Mada Plaza area, we heard some
noise, then gun shots... more than one. I didn't see anyone, no
motorcycle, nothing but when I looked around, I realized I was
shot in my right buttocks."

Kurniawan, who works with his wife at his small foodstall,
immediately rushed her to the nearby Cendana Medical Clinic,
after which she was transferred to the Cipto Mangunkusumo
hospital.

Due to "technical reasons" which the hospital staffers refused
to explain, Ika was immediately transferred to the Abdi Waluyo
hospital in Central Jakarta where she would be operated.

Two officers of the Central Jakarta Police mobile detectives
unit (Resmob), only reached the Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital at 1
p.m. on Sunday, stating that they had only found out about the
incident "a few hours ago."

"It (the bullet) was a .38 millimeter. We've been told to look
into this," Resmob officer Slamet said. (ylt)