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Greater Jakarta: Man shoots wife with airsoft gun
A man reportedly shot his wife with an airsoft gun in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on Sunday, as the two were engaged in an argument
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man reportedly shot his wife with an airsoft gun in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on Sunday, as the two were engaged in an argument.
The brother of the victim, Muhamad Samin, said he would never have expected the man would shoot his wife.
“They argued a lot, but that was it,” Samin said on Wednesday. “It never crossed my mind that he could shoot his wife with an airsoft gun.”
The incident reportedly occurred after the victim had called her husband to pick her up from work as she was sick. The suspect refused, saying he was also sick.
The wife then reportedly decided to go home on her own. On the way, she visited a place where her husband would often hang out with friends and found him there.
The victim apparently scolded the suspect in front of his friends, Tanjung Priok Police chief Comr. Supriyanto said. “At home, the suspect shot his wife with an airsoft gun,” Supriyanto said, as quoted by kompas.com.
The wife suffered a wound in her chest and was later taken to Koja Regional General Hospital (RSUD) in North Jakarta for surgery to remove the metal pellet.
Her husband fled and remains at large.
