Woman's body cut into three

BANDUNG (JP): A 29-year-old woman was found dead in her rented room in Jl. Astanaanyar here yesterday.

The body of the woman, identified as Wida, had been cut into three pieces and put in a sack, police said yesterday.

Chief of the Bandung detectives, Lt.Col. Edmon Ilyas, told Antara he has deployed a special team to investigate the case.

The police judged from the condition of the body that the woman had been dead for two or three days.

According to Edmon, the police broke into her room following a report from the house owner, who became suspicious after Wida failed to show up for three days.

Wida was an employee of a company located in the BRI Tower complex in the Alun-Alun area.

Her body is now at the Hasan Sadikin hospital. (lem)