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TNI arrests sailor for allegedly killing woman in Sorong
The alleged homicide occurred as the Navy was investigating three other officers in relation to a fatal shooting of a 48-year-old car rental business owner in Banten earlier this month.
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The Navy’s Military Police Command has arrested a low ranking member of the service in connection with the murder of a 20-year-old woman in Sorong, Southwest Papua, marking the latest in a troubling series of violent incidents allegedly committed by Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel against civilians.
The arrest took place two days after local residents found the naked body of a woman with dozens of stab wounds on Saoka Beach on Sunday.
Sorong Navy Military Police chief, Lt. Col. Dian Sumpena said that an initial police investigation indicated that a sailor, identified only as A, was responsible for the murder.
"We promptly arrested the individual and he has admitted to committing the crime," Dian said on Tuesday as reported by Kompas.id.
According to Dian, A met the victim at a nightclub in Sorong in the early hours of Sunday. It remains unclear what happened afterward, but A allegedly said that he stabbed the victim using a combat knife after she refused his sexual advances.
