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Greater Jakarta: Two teenagers arrested for group beating
Depok Police have arrested an 18-year-old boy identified as SIS and a 16-year-old boy identified as Al for beating Agus, 16, to death
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epok Police have arrested an 18-year-old boy identified as SIS and a 16-year-old boy identified as Al for beating Agus, 16, to death. Agus' body was found on Friday morning in Sukmajaya, Depok, West Java.
Sukmajaya Police chief Comr. Agus Widodo said Saturday the incident occurred after an exchange of heated text messages and an agreement to meet for a fight.
After interrogating nine people, police named four suspects, including SIS and AI, for the murder of Agus. A block of wood, a machete and a sickle were used in the killing.
'The two other suspects are still at large and we are still searching for them,' he said as quoted by tribunnews.com, adding that the four suspects would be charged under Article 170 clause 3 of the Criminal Code for a group beating leading to death.
